News About Farming in Shipping Containers & Limited Indoor Spaces

US: ATLANTA, GEORGIA - What To Expect From Distillery And Music Venue Block & Drum, Opening In Chamblee In The Fall

Located in a 40-foot shipping container, the hydroponic farm embraces urban farming and sustainable agriculture techniques such as rainwater harvesting to grow up to three acres of produce. Block & Drum visitors will be able to visit the farm, smell the fresh botanicals (mint, basil, dandelion, honeysuckle), and even pick some to create a custom bottle of liquor (think honeysuckle vodka).

“We wanted to connect people to the raw natural product,” Staples explains.

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VIDEO: Container Farming With King Tide Farms: Charleston's Latest Source of Sustainable Local Produce

In Freight Farms' latest episode of Grow Food Here, they follow Hamilton Horne, who used his experience in sales to start his own container farming business selling to local restaurants in Charleston, South Carolina.

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USA: St. Louis, Missouri - Neon Greens Is Bringing Hydroponic Greens – And A Show – To The Grove This Summer

Josh Smith and his team will utilize two container farming systems produced by startup Freight Farms: Situated outside the restaurant, each will able to yield about three acres of produce

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