Alfalfa has been, and still is, a highly sought-after livestock feed since ancient Persia and Roman times due to its superior protein and mineral content.

Alfalfa is cultivated across most US States and the world, with some of the regions with the highest yields found in the semi-deserts of Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and southern California where the combination of year-round sun, limited frost, and historically abundant irrigation waters made these regions massively productive.

With rivers running low and aquifers pumped dry, production in these regions may collapse.

Fodderbox has been established with this problem in mind and aims to offer farmers in regions at risk of extreme or prolonged drought a model to produce an equal quantity of alfalfa at 1/20th the amount of water. We combine hydroponics, a closed-circuit irritation system, and a climate-controlled smart vertical greenhouse.