Former Shipping Container Maker Uses Them To Farm

A TV screen shows a footage of Arthur Lee, owner of the MoVertical Farm, at a supermarket in Hong Kong Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Operating on a rented 1,000 square meter patch of wasteland in Hong Kong’s rural Yuen Long, Arthur Lee’s MoVertical Farm utilizes around 30 of the decommissioned containers, to raise red water cress and other local vegetables hydroponically, which eliminates the need for soil. A few are also used as ponds for freshwater fish, with the bounty sold to local supermarkets in this crowded city of 7.5 million that is forced to import most of its food. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

After a career making shipping containers that transport freight around the world, Arthur Lee has stayed with them in retirement, using them to raise crops and fish.

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