News About Farming in a Shipping Container

La Salle Bajío Launches Huvster Container Farm for Sustainable Ag Education

La Salle Bajío University launched a vertical hydroponic farm in collaboration with Verde Compacto to foster education in sustainable agriculture.

The Huvster container farm, a 30-square-meter space, can produce 200 times more vegetables per square meter than traditional farming with 90% less water.

The facility will serve as a research and education center for students, providing hands-on experience with sustainable agriculture technologies.

The farm produces around 100 lb of fresh vegetables weekly, supporting the university and local farm-to-table initiatives.

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High Level Agriculture: Controlled Environment Agriculture As a Blueprint For Production Systems of The Future

The "Cubes" containers from the Swiss Mabewo Group is a good example of the application of the latest Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) technologies to optimise plant growth and prevent pest infestation. Using special airlocks and precise process control, the cubes create an environment that guarantees optimum growth conditions for plants. Up to 1.5 tonnes of fresh grass, including grains and root mass, can be harvested daily with a four-cube system - proof of the efficiency and scalability of today's crop cultivation systems.

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This Co-Op Is Growing Baby Trees In A Shipping Container To Help Reforest Colorado's Burn Scars

Today, they're growing in a shipping container. Soon, hopefully, they'll take root in Colorado's forests.

It's a nontraditional start for hundreds of baby trees meant to reforest areas burned by wildfire, in a project between a Colorado-based power cooperative and a group of innovative farmers.

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USA: New Jersey - Atlantic City's Economic Revival: $10 Million in Grants Fuel Five Innovative Projects

Among the selected projects is The Orange Loop Container Park, an ambitious plan to transform a vacant lot into a thriving hydroponic farm and community space using repurposed shipping containers

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VIDEO: From The Land: Hydroponic Farming With Freight Farms | Tomorrow’s Menu

Freight Farms’ mission is to create the global infrastructure to revolutionize local access to food. They are dedicated to making fresh food accessible to anyone, anywhere, any time with a complete platform of products and services

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VIDEO - USA - CHICAGO: Students Learn STEM Skills & Give Back To Community

Container farming is growing plants or crops in special shipping containers instead of planting them in the ground and thirteen high school students just harvested the first crop in a container farm in Altgeld Gardens

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Worcester, Massachusetts: Leominster Food Programs To Benefit From State Grants

The $5,823 will serve to build a safe storage area for the protective equipment students participating in the program wear when they work in the enclosed environment of the freight farm, said 2GetherWeEat founder Charles Luster

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Northern Illinois University Unveils 'Hydropod' Project To Research Nutritious Food Growth

In early December 2023, a 40-foot by 8-foot container was delivered to Northern Illinois University (NIU) behind Anderson Hall. While resembling a standard shipping container, the unit houses a complete hydroponic farming system

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The Sky's The Limit: The Rapid Rise of Vertical Farming

In the heart of urban landscapes, a revolution is taking root. Vertical farming, once a niche curiosity, is now a burgeoning industry projected to reach $1.3 billion by 2027. This growth is driven by increasing demand for locally produced, fresh, and pesticide-free plants, year-round demand for crops, and the ease of monitoring and harvesting crops in a controlled environment

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Shipping Container Farming Meets Community Need

Mario Vitalis, Indianapolis, wanted to expand his expertise from his regular 9-to-5 job to develop his own business and support his community. He dreamed of providing fresh food to his community through urban farming

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North America: Financing Program To Reduce Investment Barriers For Farmers

"Vertical- and indoor farmers especially have always had issues with financing their equipment. Especially when comparing the accessibility to capital that traditional farms have, or even other professionals' services like contractors

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Meet The Farmer Who Pivoted In Her Fifties From A Law Firm To A Microgreens Farm

A year after starting her microgreens business, she purchased a crop box, a modified and automated shipping container, and set it up in her backyard. One person running the shipping container five days a week for three to four hours a day produces three tons of microgreens annually, she says

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Local Indoor-Grown Food Vendors Utilize Grocery Delivery Service PineMelon To Fill Seasonal Produce Gaps In Denver

Despite Colorado’s cold winter weather, two shipping containers at Uller’s Garden sprout vertical panels of lettuce, arugula and basil. Equal to five acres of land and using 95% less water, the hydroponic system feeds the growing rows of plants with essential nutrients from a constantly circulating water system while high efficiency LED lights supply them with all the sunshine they could need

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