Better Fresh Farms is a hydroponic farm that uses shipping containers to grow produce. This farm was created because of a need that Grant Anderson saw in his community. Grant saw that while living in a highly agricultural area of Georgia that most commodities produced were not locally available and were lacking in fresh produce such as leafy greens. From this need he started a hydroponic farm that is able to supply local fresh produce year-round to his community.
During the tour we were able to walk through the different shipping containers and see how they have improved and evolved over the years. He was able to share what had worked and not worked for them over the years and how they were able to adapt. It was great for the students to be able to see how setbacks were not always a failure but an opportunity to grow and improve.
Each of the containers we visited had a different set up and grew different kinds of produce. One container had a long flat bed that grew tomatoes. Another container had vertical trays that grew kale and that was held in by plastic fibers keeping the plant in place and still allowing the flow of water. The last container had horizontal rows of trays that grew lettuce and was the most preferred method of hydroponics by the Better Fresh Farms.
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