An unconventional, innovative farming venture is looking to sprout along the Davenport riverfront.

Friday’s Fresh Market has begun preliminary discussions with the Davenport Levee Commission about the possibility of bringing a hydroponic, vertical farming operation in a 40-foot, insulated shipping container to Freight House property.

“We’re in the business of sustainable agriculture and doing what we can with the technology that we use to take unsalvageable land and buildings and basically convert them into grow facilities,” local farm owner and manufacturing consultant Andrew Freitag said.

Freitag said the 40-foot shipping container is just one of the models his company uses to promote sustainable farming practices.

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