Growing high-nutrient, clean, sustainable fruits and vegetables all year-round is the target
US based company Advanced Container Technologies which is in the business of selling and distributing self-contained, automated, indoor “micro-farms”, announces the launch of GrowPods, the company’s unique Controlled Environment Farms, which can help provide new income streams for farmers, along with a host of other significant benefits.
3 pounds of toxic chemicals are sprayed on food, per person, every year, many fruits and vegetables contain 90 percent fewer nutrients than at the start of this century.
“Our food system is in peril and we can no longer keep going on as if everything is fine,”. “It’s time for farmers to look to new ways of growing crops that don’t depend on soil, and don’t require chemicals or pesticides.” Doug Heldoorn, CEO of ACTX, said.
GrowPods are hydroponic controlled environment farms that can grow about an acre of food with about a third of the water used in traditional farming. With state-of-the-art automation, GrowPods provide farmers, businesses, organisations, and individuals the ability to grow ultra-clean food which is even better than organic.
Heldoorn summarised saying “Our nation’s farmers need new tools and techniques to survive,” he said. “GrowPods offer a pathway forward to a more sustainable future.”
