SHIPPING CONTAINERS AS FARMS

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    http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/24/technology/upstart30-freight-farms/index.html



    People repurpose old shipping containers for lots of things -- homes, restaurants, art galleries, even swimming pools.

    But Shawn Cooney may have found the greenest use yet -- literally. On a vacant lot near Boston's Logan Airport, Cooney is using four former freight containers -- plus one at another location -- to grow some 30,000 heads of lettuce, herbs and other leafy greens.
 
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