News About Farming in Shipping Containers & Limited Indoor Spaces

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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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