October 31, 2017

Little Box Farms turns vacant Crown Heights lot into container-farming facility

Crain's New York Business

Your next serving of fresh greens could come from the back of a shipping container.

Tech investor Travis Ally has leased a plot of vacant land at 827 Bergen Street in Crown Heights for an urban farm concept called Little Box Farms, housed in repurposed freight containers that have been converted in growing pods.

Peter Schubert, a leasing broker at TerraCRG, arranged the deal on behalf of the property owner, Saeed Fakir.

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