Hammock Greens: 
Let Tech Tend the Crops

Now the second largest owner of freight farm containers in the country, Hammock Greens has six containers all growing food throughout South Florida – three at their Davie nursery, one on the Beach, one at Lotus House in Overtown and another in Wynwood. They’re supplying produce to chefs James Versfelt at the BBT Center and Brian Nasajon at Beaker and Gray and Mason Eatery, to name a few. Since launching a few months ago, partner and chef Aaron Dreilinger says they’re exceeding all their expectations – and he expects container farming to grow because of tech advances, in particular the LED technology used as the light source.

“In the last decade, that LED technology has become very affordable,” he says. “ It’s been quite a learning process, relying on technology, ingenuity and stubbornness. But microclimate control is what people do best, and this is no different. Instead of selecting agricultural land with the characteristics we want, we’re taking it to the streets.”