Science Club - LCA Tools for Container Farms

​Get ready for another session of Science Club, where we dig into the research of controlled environment agriculture. This month, Dr. Lauren Lindow is joining us to share her dissertation work on a customizable life cycle assessment tool built specifically for hydroponic shipping container farms. If you've ever wondered how to quickly evaluate the environmental and economic trade-offs of operational decisions in a container farm, whether it's day-to-day management or responding to an unexpected situation, this is the presentation for you. Lauren's model is designed to make rapid, meaningful assessment accessible without needing to start from scratch every time.

​Dr. Lindow earned her Ph.D. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from the University of Florida in December 2025, and her background spans controlled environments, digital twins, and sustainable agriculture. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a focus in sustainability alongside her engineering studies, so she brings a really well-rounded perspective to this topic.

Come with your questions because this is exactly the kind of work worth getting into the details on. Join us from wherever you are on this blue planet. 💕