With urbanization increasing worldwide, the popularity of urban gardening is on the rise. People are growing food on rooftops, balconies, and backyards – but how about in abandoned warehouses or basements?
Professor Xiusheng (Harrison) Yang in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources has invented a technology, GREENBOX, that can grow high-quality food in existing indoor urban spaces.
Yang, a professor in the Department of Natural Resources, first had the idea to develop GREENBOX five years ago after observing the unmet need to grow food locally in urban environments.
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