Live System — Batch 24-F Running
Interior of a vertical container farm with LED violet lighting illuminating rows of growing lettuce in steel racks
Interior Temp
68.4°F
Humidity
82%
LED Cycle
16h/8h
Unit Specification — CEA-40FT-V8

Forty Feet.
Twelve Months.
Ten Thousand
Heads of Lettuce.

Annual Yield / ft² vs. Traditional Farmland
340×more productive per square foot than open-field cultivation — no weather dependency

A 40-foot shipping container rewired into a precision vertical growing engine. LED racks stacked eight high. Nutrient lines humming. Leafy greens pushing through rockwool under controlled spectral light.

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Engineering Breakdown — Section A-A

The Container, Exploded.

Every cubic foot is load-bearing. Five precision systems nested inside 2,400 square inches of powder-coated Corten steel.

40 FT / 12.2 M
Climate Module
±0.5°F precision
LED Array
600 µmol/m²/s
NFT Irrigation
14 channels
Propagation Bay
2,400 sites
Harvest Station
< 2hr field-to-case
A
±0.5°F precision

Climate Control Module

Dual-redundant HVAC with dehumidification. Maintains 65–72°F year-round regardless of exterior conditions.

B
8 racks × 16 bars

LED Spectral Array

Full-spectrum LED with programmable red/blue/far-red ratios. 600 µmol/m²/s PPFD at canopy level.

C
14 independent channels

NFT Irrigation Loops

Nutrient Film Technique with closed-loop recirculation. pH auto-dosed every 4 minutes.

D
2,400 sites / cycle

Seedling Propagation Bay

Dedicated germination zone with humidity dome and bottom-heat mats. 5-day transfer to main racks.

E
< 2hr field-to-case

Harvest & Pack Station

Dedicated sterile workspace with cold storage anteroom. USDA GAP-compliant workflow.

ROI Projection — Yr 1
CapEx Recovery18 months
Gross Margin68%
Uptime SLA99.2%
Zone B — Active Growing Area

Inside the Violet Light.

28-Day Growth Cycle

From seed to harvest in four weeks. 13 harvests per year per rack. Zero seasonal interruption.

Macro close-up of leafy green lettuce growing in hydroponic rockwool under LED lighting showing root system and leaf canopy
Root Zone
EC 1.6 · pH 6.1
Rows of green seedlings growing under purple LED lights in an indoor vertical farm
600 µmol
Close-up of fresh microgreens growing in a tray under controlled indoor farm lighting
Microgreens Bay
7-day cycle
1
SeedingDay 0

Rockwool cubes inoculated. Germination chamber at 72°F, 95% RH.

2
GerminationDay 3

Radicle emergence. Transferred to seedling trays under 100 µmol PPFD.

3
TransplantDay 7

True-leaf stage. Moved to NFT channels. Full spectrum LED activated.

4
VegetativeDay 14

Rapid biomass accumulation. EC 1.4–1.8. Night temp drop triggers flavor.

5
Pre-HarvestDay 21

Head weight 85–120g. Spectral shift to far-red for anthocyanin development.

6
HarvestDay 28

Cut-and-pack. Living roots preserved for 14-day shelf life. Zero field miles.

Annual Output — Single Unit
10,400
heads lettuce
2,800
lbs microgreens
13×
harvests / rack
0
field miles
Site Deployment — Network Architecture

Farm goes where the city is.

No irrigation infrastructure. No soil amendments. No agricultural zoning. Park it, plug it in, grow.

72hr
deploy time
208V
3-phase power only
0
permits required*
Aerial view of a rooftop in an urban city center where shipping containers could be deployed as a vertical farm
High-Density

Rooftop Array

Urban Core · 4–12 containers
48,000 heads/yr
potential

Restaurant groups, hotel kitchens

Multi-level parking structure in suburban area suitable for container farm deployment on upper decks
High-Volume

Parking Structure

Suburban Lot · 8–24 containers
124,800 heads/yr
potential

Grocery chains, food hubs

Vacant urban lot in a food desert neighborhood suitable for ground-level container farm deployment
Community Impact

Vacant Lot

Food Desert Zone
24,000 heads/yr

Municipal programs, community orgs

University research campus building exterior suitable for controlled environment agriculture research container deployment
Research Grade

Research Campus

University Site
Custom protocols

CEA labs, ag programs

Distributed Farm Network — Scale Model

10 containers across 3 sites = supply for 40 restaurants

Design Your Farm
Client Roster — Active Deployments

The engineering speaks. The results confirm it.

Harvest Table
Farm-to-Table Restaurant Group
Verdant Grocery
Regional Grocery Chain
City Greens Co-op
Municipal Food Program
Root & Branch
Chef-Owned Restaurant
Metro Fresh
Urban Grocery Pilot
Eastside Eats
Restaurant Collective
AgriLab @ State
University CEA Research
Greenway Markets
Community Grocery
Harvest Table
Farm-to-Table Restaurant Group
Verdant Grocery
Regional Grocery Chain
City Greens Co-op
Municipal Food Program
Root & Branch
Chef-Owned Restaurant
Metro Fresh
Urban Grocery Pilot
Eastside Eats
Restaurant Collective
AgriLab @ State
University CEA Research
Greenway Markets
Community Grocery
34%cost reduction
"We've cut produce sourcing costs by 34% and our chefs know exactly what's coming in every Tuesday. The consistency is something we haven't had with any field supplier."
Marcus Tran
Executive Chef & Co-owner
Harvest Table
11 wksdelivery to shelf
"Deploying three units on our warehouse roof closed a gap we'd been trying to fill with traditional distribution for six years. First harvest was in our stores 11 weeks after delivery."
Priya Nair
Director of Produce Strategy
Verdant Grocery
3×concurrent trials
"The controlled environment data is exactly what our CEA trials needed. We're running three independent variable sets simultaneously in a single unit — that's not possible in any greenhouse we've used."
Dr. James Okafor
Principal Investigator, CEA Lab
AgriLab @ State University
Configuration Tool — Next Step

Design your container farm.

Select your site type, target crops, and scale. The configurator outputs a full yield projection, capital cost estimate, and site readiness checklist — in under 3 minutes.

3 min
to configure
$0
commitment
Full
ROI projection
72hr
to proposal
Farm Configurator
Canopy Design Tool v2.4
Site type & footprint
Crop selection & yield targets
Capital & operating cost model
Design Your Farm

No form. No sales call required. The configurator is self-service.