From the article (thanks @timdoor) :<p>"Freight Farms’s repurposed shipping containers, packed with LED lights, sensors and hydroponic systems and producing lettuce and herbs, are appearing in vacant lots and alleys. The sealed containers can yield about 500 full heads of lettuce a week, year-round—even in Minnesota and Canada, where some of the 25 units sold so far by Freight Farms now operate. Co-founder and Chief Executive Brad McNamara said the units sell for $76,000 each and require no pesticides."<p>- locally, a head of lettuce is $1.25 (Tucson, Arizona close to lettuce growing areas)
- 500 a week makes $625 a week, or $32,500 a year in revenue - average $2706.25 per month revenue.
- a 5 year lease with $1 buyout on $76,000 would be $1580.80 a month based on terms I used to sell capital equipment for.<p>$2706.25 - $ 1580.80 = $1125.45 per month, before paying employees, electricity, and cost of location.<p>What does lettuce cost in other areas?