News About Farming in Shipping Containers & Limited Indoor Spaces

Is Indoor Farming Entering A New Era? Growing Without LEDs

Square Roots, a CEA startup announces a new program to prove that light can removed from a commercial vertical farming system and is supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Agriculture Program Aims To Increase Opportunities For Minority Students

Agriculture has always been a part of Wendell Scales’ life. While growing up in a small town in Lonoke County, he loaded crop dusters and worked at a grocery store

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ChatGPT May Be Able To Teach An Old Farmer New Tricks  

Have you ever thought about branching out into hydroponics or wondered whether four-season container farming could work on your hobby farm? Most of us don’t have a lot of time during the day to investigate new ideas we may have for our farms. But with ChatGPT all you need to do is ask a few questions

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Hydroponic Farming Workshops at Lakeland Community College 'Focus on Growth'

Thanks to a grant from the Cleveland Foundation Lake-Geauga Fund, the Veterans Center at Lakeland Community College is hosting a series of hydroponic farming workshops that aim to promote personal growth and wellness through agriculture

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Shipping Containers Offer New Way To Get Fresh Produce In Western NY

Fresh produce can be hard to get sometimes. It depends on your location, the time of year, and many other factors. That's why there's a push to lighten that load here in New York with a kind of high-rise farming

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Could Urban Farms Help Protect London Against Food Scarcity?

A sprawling metropolis like London may seem an unlikely place to grow food, but urban farms could be key for ensuring greater food security as the climate crisis worsens

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Agrinam Acquisition Corporation Extends Permitted Timeline

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 15, 2023) - Agrinam Acquisition Corporation ("Agrinam") announced today that it has exercised its second three-month extension option to extend its permitted timeline to complete a qualifying acquisition to March 15, 2024 by depositing an additional U.S.$400,000 in cash into escrow

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South Carolina Foodservice Distributor Launches Vertical Farm

Columbia, S.C.-based Senn Brothers Produce recently launched its own vertical farming operation and introduced its indoor-grown private-label brand, Sensational Fresh

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Small Hydroponic Farm Inside Freight Container Showing Big Results in Lyons Falls

Hidden away in the back of a Center Street parking lot, by a steep bank that falls into the Black River, is a 40-by-8-by-10-foot white metal box that looks like a standard shipping container

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'Freight Farm' Bringing Fresh Food To The Quad City Botanical Center

A new urban farm at the Quad City Botanical Center is helping combat food security in the local community, but it might not look like any farm you're used to

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