Did you know Heritage Radio Network studio is made of two repurposed shipping containers inside Roberta’s Pizza in Bushwick Brooklyn? To celebrate the return to in-studio recording were doing an episode on shipping container technology. Tech Bites host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with HRN Head of Audio Production Matt Patterson about the studio.
On Saturday, May 15, twelve members of the Olin Rocketry Team (Anargyros Kriezis ’22, Aaron Huang ’24, Berwin Lan ’24, Brandon Zhang ’21, Carlo Umberto Colizzi ’24, Elvis Wolcott ‘24, Esme Abbot ‘24, Clement Hilty ‘24, Sander Miller ‘22, Sparsh Bansal ‘22, Sushmit Dutta ’24 and Kyle Emmi ’21) were in Vermont, successfully checking off a major milestone on their to-do list
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The inside of the Greenery S uses red and blue LED lights that are set to the most efficient wavelength to promote plant growth. Photo Courtesy of Freight Farms
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Farm in a Box
For those who want to start a farm but live in a city, a desert or perpetually cold region, this company will help you grow produce inside a shipping container.
The Greenery S is the latest generation of Freight Farms’ hydroponic farm, inside a 320-square-foot shipping container. It can grow several acres worth of food year-round, in a largely automated and highly efficient system, for $139,000. The vertical farms, which can grow food like spinach, basil and radishes, currently operate in 350 locations around the world.