Startup Puts Everything You Need for a Two-Acre Farm in a Shipping Container
$60,000 seems like a lot of amount for starving and underdeveloped areas.<p>I went to their funding page and read more about what&#x27;s inside the &quot;box&quot;
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;republic.co&#x2F;farm-from-a-box" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;republic.co&#x2F;farm-from-a-box</a><p>1: micro-drip irrigation system<p>2: 3kW solar power<p>3: Pumping System<p>4: IOT setup<p>5: Energy management<p>6: Basic farm tools<p>As of 2016, average cost of solar power is approximately $3.00 per watt so ~ $9K. I have installed a decent sized drip water irrigation system in my backyard purchased with stuff off of Amazon for a total of $200 max. IOT is unnecessary here. I mean would &quot;poor&quot; people require to purchase Iphones and Macbooks too to see data collected from the IOT setup? A manual water pump like this (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.top-pumps.com&#x2F;pro&#x2F;20090613195613.jpg" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.top-pumps.com&#x2F;pro&#x2F;20090613195613.jpg</a> )or even an electric one does not go north of $1k-1.5k. Most solar panels and reserve battery system come with a built-in energy management feature. This box does not even contain a variety of seeds, soil, fertilizer and other mandatory things required for proper farming. Think outside the box.