News About Farming in Shipping Containers & Limited Indoor Spaces
VIDEO: A White-Board Animation Showing The Impacts of Growing Produce In A Vertical Hydroponic Farm Made By FarmBox Foods
Watch our new whiteboard video, which briefly illustrates the benefits of growing produce in the Vertical Hydroponic Farms we build and sell. If you're so inclined, share it with your network
CANADA: Adding Agriculture To The Classroom: Altario School
In 2022, the Altario School added a hydroponic vertical farm to be able to grow fresh produce and teach students about controlled environment agriculture. The idea to add a Growcer farm came from a grandparent of a couple current students, and was a perfect fit to extend their existing agriculture program.
Shipping Container Farming In 2023
Container farming is exactly as the name suggests. It’s a method of growing produce in a container rather than on the ground
Farm-to-Table Shrimp In Indianapolis? How This Tech Company Is Making It Possible
There are eight boxes in operation at the Indianapolis location now. The plan is to grow to 20 boxes, and expand the model to other parts of the U.S.
USA - MISSOURI - Coming Soon To IGNITE Pathways In Woodbine - Farm-In-A-Box Means Fresh Local Greens Year-Round
The high-tech farm, called The Greenery, is housed in an 8-foot-by-40-foot shipping container designed and built by Freight Farms of Boston, Massachusetts
Shrimpbox-Maker Atarraya Begins USD 25 million Series B Fundraising Round
Atarraya markets its Shrimpbox – essentially a shipping container that has been converted into a small commercial shrimp farm – as a shrimp-in-a-box systems that allows for economical, low-impact, hyper-local shrimp farming
ACTX Sees The Future of Farming In America's Cities
Company's GrowPods allow farming of hemp, leafy greens, and certain fruits and vegetables virtually anywhere
USA: North Carolina - Small But Mighty: 4 Things To Know About Wilmington-Grown Microgreens
When he started his business in 2016, he was growing microgreens in a townhouse. Now he has a shipping container for microgreens on the property he farms in Castle Hayne
A Caribbean Resort Tackles Food Waste (And Grows Greens)
Using a Freight Farms hydroponic modular container, the resort will use it to grow certain types of lettuce, leafy greens and microgreens
The History of Container Shipping
Container transportation is now the most popular way of cargo movement and a critical pillar of the global economy, but back in the 1950s, it was just a thought
CANADA: VIDEO: Grow In The Snow - Armstrong Cubic Farmer Can Grow Greens All Day - Every Day
Van Deursen’s GreenLion farms currently has 16 of the shipping containers, which produce herbs, lettuce and micro greens. The longest grow time is 36 days
ACTX Says It's Time For Farmers To Spice It Up
Controlled environment farms like GrowPods offer an ideal way for growers to expand into culinary herb production
USA: Farm-to-School Initiative Enters Phase One In Pittsburg, Kansas
Once Leafy Green Farms reaches a goal of ten schools locally, they will move on to implementing the program in all 105 counties in the Sunflower State. The project is typically funded through grant programs
USA - Pennsylvania: Hydroponic Farm At Montco School Gets Visit From PA Officials
The hydroponic farm is located inside of a shipping container on school grounds. It's also referred to as a "freight farm."
Square Roots & Gordon Food Service Open New Facility In Ohio
Fresh, local greens are grown by tech-enabled farmers are now sold throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania, all year round
In The Heights: Q&A With Kalera CEO Jim Leighton
For an industry still in relative infancy, it’s breathtaking to consider how far and how fast global vertical farming has grown in the last 10 years
How To Start A Farm-to-School Program With A Freight Farm
We’re proud that so many schools use our hydroponic farming technology for their farm to school program
VIDEO: Can A Shipping Container System Make Pricey Shrimp RAS Redundant?
Currently looking to raise $15-20 million, its founder, Daniel Russek, explains why the company is finally coming out of stealth mode and how they can revolutionise indoor shrimp production
LettUs Grow Welcomes Established Horticultural Leader, Nick Green, As The New Head of Commercial
LettUs Grow welcomes established horticultural leader, Nick Green, as the new Head of Commercial
USA: FLORIDA - St. Petersburg - Phase 2 Is Underway!
The second-story portion of our farms is nearly complete! We've installed 8 of the 12 new farms which will be stacked on top of our existing ones. Once finalized, we will have 20 active farms, meaning more greens and more room for growth here at Brick Street