In Alaska, plants thrive during the summer months when the days are filled with sunlight, granting resident Alaskans access to fresh produce from local farms. But come winter, when the darkness of night fills most of the daytime hours, these same residents are forced to rely on produce shipped over the course of many days, from thousands of miles away. These communities needed a new way to better provide food access and they found the perfect solution in vertical farming.
Siene Allen and Gideon Saunders started BrightBox Farms, a vertical farming business, to provide community members, restaurants, and grocery stores with fresh, local produce, year-round. Passionate about providing healthy food for their community, they recognized that vertical farming, using one of our Freight Farms, was the best way to directly contribute to the health of their community by providing access to fresh food year-round, regardless of sunlight access or weather.
Their Freight Farm, with its advanced hydroponic system, allows Siene and Gideon to completely control growing conditions, giving them the ability to grow tons of produce annually and only use 5 gallons of water a day to do so. It is a truly sustainable farming solution, one that is perfectly suited for the harsh weather and remote nature of their home, and one that guarantees food security for their community. Customers are able to access fresh produce weekly, giving them healthy food during weeks-long stretches when the only produce they can buy in the grocery store is canned or frozen vegetables. And local restaurants love partnering with BrightBox Farms for the healthy, locally grown produce.
Siene Allen and Gideon Saunders, the Freight Farmers behind BrightBox Farms, are a shining example of the power that modular vertical farming has in making remote communities more food secure and healthy. They’re living proof that you can truly grow food anywhere.
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