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SUMMARY:Case Study: Box Greens - Part 4
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30-40% of food is wasted somewhere along the food supply chain

When talking about farming lettuce, a lot of the waste happens out in the field due to: weather events or disease.
It can also happen in the processing facility and then gets sprayed with preservatives.
Moving along its journey in transportation, there's more loss along the way.
When it hits your grocery store and your homes, more waste happens there too.

Box Greens delivers their crops within 24-48 hours of harvesting.
In our farm (containers), there are no uglies (meaning there are no dead/bad looking lettuce)
No waste occurs when we are packaging 

It goes from the farm directly to the restaurant or home of the customer.
It has a shelf life of about 2 weeks, without any preservatives at all.

What it takes to generate and grow food in a Hydroponic farming setting is much less with a much greater yield compared to traditional farming

These plants grow from seed to harvest in 35 days, (much quicker than field...

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