Wheelchair Accessible Indoor Farm Designed

Lizzy Schultz

Indoor Farms of America logo (PRNewsFoto/Indoor Farms of America)

Indoor Farms of America logo (PRNewsFoto/Indoor Farms of America)

Indoor Farms of America recently announced the arrival of a new farm model to their product line. The state of the art Container Farm is specially designed to be fully operated by a person in a wheelchair, expanding the population of users who are able to enjoy the fulfillment of operating a vegetable farm that can produce a substantial income virtually anywhere.

The farm holds a capacity of 4,550 plants, and offers a higher yield potential than any other container farm, and the farm’s unique vertical equipment has been customized to be operated 100% from the position of a wheelchair.

“Every task, from daily record keeping, farm monitoring, seedling tray preparation, transplanting and harvesting, every aspect is operable by a disabled person who still has the use of their arms and hands, with certain tools we use in the farm,” states David Martin, co-founder and CEO of Indoor Farms of America, LLC. “Working in one of our farms is a pleasing experience, being around the plants is simply really satisfying, whether disabled or not,” says Martin.

The company is also finalizing designs for an automated feature that will make the farm even easier to operate. In honor of the new design’s arrival, Indoor Farms of America has announced special lower pricing for Veterans, those working in the public service sector, and students.

“We want to give a bit back, and if we can make it easier to own and operate one of our small farms for veterans, police, fire fighters, those who are currently active military with a family back home that can operate a farm, and students who may consider indoor farming as a career, well, we want to do that,” said Martin. “We know there is a lack of young people coming into farming, we want to encourage them to look into this form of sustainable agriculture that uses many areas of technology to function, something they definitely are interested in.”

Those that would like to see this innovative equipment first hand are encouraged to book an appointment with the company, which offers visits and tours of their demonstration farm and showroom, located near the Las Vegas Strip.

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