Acre In A Box

09/19/2018

Today we spent the morning shooting a special on food waste and responcible farming.
Kaori Iida from NHK WORLD and her team has traveled to Houston to see how we work and learn about our environmentally friendly way of farming.

08/28/2018

Why can't urban farming feed Houston?

Very informative article about urban farming in general and Houston in particular.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/urban-farming-houston-land-costs-13161112.php

Development, gentrification and rising real estate values make large-scale urban agriculture a challenge in Houston, despite its potential.

05/25/2018

What a fun visit from the River Oaks Garden Club ladies! We explored the indoor farming and may have recruted a few volunteers!👍👍👍

https://www.facebook.com/River-Oaks-Garden-Club-174040036029659/

04/27/2018

Trying something new - edible flowers!

03/21/2018

Fresh lettuce at Central Market!
We harvest and deliver daily!

03/18/2018

Come and see us at Central Market between 10 and 2!

03/16/2018

Dear Houston Friends,
We are finally ready to be in your local grocery store!

Come and see us at Central Market this Sunday, March 18, from 10 am to 2 pm. We will have samples and talk about our farm.

We started selling there a few weeks ago, got the ball rolling. Now, you can get your favorite lettuce Central Market any time you want!

02/23/2018

EdibleHouston

Love the title!

"Named for the equivalent of produce you’d get from an acre of land, Acre In A Box was born in May 2016 with the purchase of the first container, followed by a second one in November 2016. Ever since, a daily fresh harvest of a variety of greens—including mustard greens, basil, arugula, lettuces and kale—leaves the parking lot for transport to nearby clients" like Relish Restaurant & Bar The Grove Houston Eloise Nichols Grill & Liquors Tiny Boxwood's Tiny's No. 5 and in early 2018, Central Market

Read Francine Spiering's latest piece: "Cropping Space"

12/31/2017

2018 is around the corner!
It was a busy year at - we got a second farm, signed more restaurants, fine tuned our crop selection, survived the hurricane and unusually cold weather in Texas.

We are super excited about 2018 as we have some big plans!

Wishing everybody happy and healthy year filled with greens!

And we will use the cold temps to air out and clean our farm

11/09/2017

Hydroponic Veggies Are Taking Over Organic, And A Move To Ban Them Fails

Food for thought. Where is agriculture going?

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/11/02/561462293/hydroponic-veggies-are-taking-over-organic-and-a-move-to-ban-them-fails

Many organic tomatoes or peppers are grown in greenhouses, where they get nutrients from water. Critics say that violates the spirit of "organic." A bid to strip them of the label failed this week.

10/27/2017

Relish is ready!

Go ! We're sweet on you guys!
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10/16/2017

Houston’s Urban Container Farm Unfazed By Harvey | Houston Public Media

NPR did a piece about us. Always proud to be a part of Houston small buisness community!

Tank you Florian Martin

While many Texas crops got flooded, one unconventional Houston farm was able to supply restaurants with fresh lettuce after Harvey

10/15/2017

Webinar Recap: Acre in a Box

Our CEO is talking about starting and growing a buisness. Ups and downs of urban hydroponic farming.

While Andrew Abendshein has always been interested in health and sustainability, he never imagined himself becoming an urban farmer. However, Andrew saw his opportunity to bring fresh and local food production to his hometown of Houston, Texas when he discovered Freight Farms in December 201

10/11/2017

Webinar Acre in A Box Recording

Here our webinar on the farm operation and buisness model.

https://www.freightfarms.com/webinar-acre-in-a-box-recording?utm_campaign=AIAB%20Webinar&utm_source=ppc

Freight Farms enables fresh food production in any environment by providing tools such as the Leafy Green Machine, a hydroponic shipping container farm, and the farmhand suite of cloud-based mobile applications.

10/07/2017

Lego for social entrepreneurs: an ode to the shipping container

A nice article about our buisness in the aftermath of Harvey and sustainable farming in general in HuffPost

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59d3ab79e4b043b4fb095c92

co-authored by Marc Kielburger As Hurricane Harvey loomed on the horizon, Andrew Abendshein filled the water tanks and “battened down the hatches” ...

09/21/2017

Mustard Greens. This is how we do it!

09/18/2017

Live Webinar: Acre in a Box

Live Webinar: Acre in a Box

09/18/2017

Freight Farms

Freight Farms

Have you been curious to find out what it’s like to launch a small business farm with the Leafy Green Machine?

Join us for a live chat with Andrew Abendshein of Acre In A Box as he takes us through his journey of becoming a Freight Farmer in Houston, Texas, and shares what it's like to run two hydroponic farms while still having a day job.

09/15/2017

Freight Farms

Freight Farms

Have you been curious to find out what it’s like to launch a small business farm with the Leafy Green Machine?

Join us for a live chat with Andrew Abendshein of Acre In A Box as he takes us through his journey of becoming a Freight Farmer in Houston, Texas, and shares what it's like to run two hydroponic farms while still having a day job.

09/13/2017

Freight Farmer Q&A: Acre in a Box

Dont miss!!!

https://www.freightfarms.com/blog/freight-farmer-qa-acre-in-a-box?utm_campaign=Q%26A%3A%20AIAB&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

We recently had the opportunity to speak with Andrew about what it takes to start up an urban farming business and find loyal customers in Houston, Texas.

09/06/2017

👍🥓🍟🌯☕

Rise and shine friends, our breakfast service kicks off today with a $1 Taco & Topo Chico combo till 11am. Tag a friend to brighten their day ☀️🌮

09/01/2017

Harvey is gone! Our farm has weathered the hurricane beautifully, and we are back in business!
Thank you everyone who reached out, your support means a lot!

08/20/2017

Our kale is a fantastic crop that keeps on giving. Some of those have been in towers for almost a year and no sing of slowing down.
Go Kale!!!

08/09/2017

Love this salad!

Make your rez today for restaurant week at Eloise! Walk ins welcome, too 👌🏼Check out our menu on our website for some amazing deals on our top menu items! Pictured here is the Texas Caesar 🍑

08/09/2017

'Without this, I would have killed myself': gardening helps heal refugees' trauma

We agree, gardening is a great destresser. And what a fantastic project in UK!

https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2017/jun/28/nhs-therapeutic-gardening-help-refugees-trauma

An NHS-run therapeutic gardening project in London is helping to alleviate symptoms of severe mental health problems

08/05/2017

Gorgeous Truchas going in!
Amazing lettuce - high in calcium, crunchy, and juicy!

07/29/2017

Full house!


Our greens are staying cool and crisp in a 100F heat

07/18/2017

On top of the world!

07/09/2017

Why you should buy your food from farmers markets

Bottom line - buy local!
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/Why-you-should-buy-your-food-from-farmers-markets-11263648.php#photo-8766884

THE MOST obvious economic value of farmers markets is that farmers make much more money selling directly to the public rather than to wholesalers who supply grocery and other retail venues. According to current figures from the National Farmers Union, in 2017 food producers generally receive only ab...

07/01/2017

We had to get out on the farm last night for some unexpected repairs. However the view of Downtown Houston in the moonlight was well worth it!

06/18/2017

Instagram post by Acre In A Box • Jun 17, 2017 at 4:31pm UTC

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVco3-Kh_AD/?taken-by=acreinabox&hl=en

24 Likes, 1 Comments - Acre In A Box () on Instagram: “Farm pop art 🎨 ”

06/13/2017

Acre in a Box Grows Greens In View of Downtown

Thank you Houstonia magazine!

A farm in two shipping containers? It works for some of the city's best restaurants.

06/09/2017

Pax Americana

We’re bringing the to you with our Acre in a Box Salad.

Make reservations for dinner: http://bit.ly/PaxAmReservations

06/02/2017

To all out Houston friends:

We will be at The East End Street Market this Sunday (weather permitting) with some phenomenal Rainbow Chard, Spicy Greens, and other goodies!

Sunday, June 4, 10 am - 2 pm
2800 Navigation Blvd.

http://eastendhouston.com/market/

05/24/2017

Rice U. team cultivates ideas for indoor farming

What an ingenious idea for home use! Good luck to Rice students!
http://news.rice.edu/2017/04/12/rice-u-team-cultivates-ideas-for-indoor-farming/

Rice University engineering students created a space-saving indoor hydroponic garden that grows food with as few resources and as little energy as possible.