NORTHRIDGE, CA — Shipping containers have dominated holiday headlines for weeks — but this Northridge shipping container is turning heads for a reason entirely unrelated to supply chain slowdowns.

Northridge became home to the Los Angeles' first shipping container indoor farm, a potential solution for the drought-ridden city as it grows crops year round with water and energy efficiency, Spectrum News 1 reported.

The shipping container farm in Northridge is part of a research project conducted by the Electric Power Research Institute and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The farm uses LED grow lights, which make the shipping box look like a party bus, and sustainable water practices that eliminate the need for soil or pesticides, Spectrum News 1 reported.

Agriculture accounts for 70 percent of the world's freshwater use, Spectrum News 1 reported, but the Northridge farm-in-a-box uses 95 percent less water and electricity than a normal farm.

The container is sitting at the Los Angeles Police Department Devonshire division's youth center, located at 8721 Wilbur Avenue. The kids of the youth program will be tending to the farm and learning about agriculture, Fox Los Angeles reported.

The Northridge box the first of its kind in Los Angeles, but likely won't stay lonely for long.

Fox Los Angeles reported shipping container farms could be used commercially and even residentially all over the city — other cities have even offered rebates for residents who put shipping container farms in their backyards.

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