News About Farming in a Shipping Container
The State Fair of Texas' Year-Round Urban Farm Feeds Millions in South Dallas
The farmers haven’t stopped growing — or experimenting. Demler’s latest project is culinary mushrooms. He and his team of five produce 50 to 60 pounds of mushrooms a week.
“We had no clue where this was going to go,” Demler said. “We had no idea what was going to come, and I like to think that hopefully, we still don’t know what’s to come yet.”
The program recently launched a shipping container farm, added edible landscaping to its fair displays and partnered with a Texas A&M AgriLife facility for outdoor growing.
On top of feeding the community, Big Tex Urban Farms is also an educational hub. It just finished its second year with a cohort of local high schoolers. The class spends six months training in urban farming and hydroponics.
USA: MAINE - Nonprofit Using Shipping Container To Grow Food For Those In Need
Hydroponically grown plants are lining the shelves at Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry, thanks to a new partnership between the food pantry and a Castine-based nonprofit hydroponic farm called the Good Table Foundation.
Hydroponic plants are grown without soil. At the Good Table Foundation, they are grown in a 40-foot shipping container on a rotational basis, so the produce can be harvested and delivered to Loaves and Fishes each week throughout the year.
Sustainable Urban Farming
Production facilities for the course include a Freight Farm, a 350-square-foot shipping container that will serve as a controlled environment greenhouse. When the Freight Farm is installed, it will be capable of growing the same amount of leafy greens as 1.5 to 2 acres, Kopsell said. Plans are to sell the produce to Campus Dining.
“It’s amazing that you can have all that production right here,” he said.
VIDEO: How Urban Farming Is Changing The Sustainability Game In Charlotte, North Carolina
Whether it’s a community garden or fully-dedicated land near a dense, city center, urban farming has surged in popularity in recent years. These farms impact local communities by providing education about climate change, food security, biodiversity, pollinators and nutrition.
Urban agriculture contributes between 15% and 20% of the global food supply, according to the USDA. This can help cities be more equitable because it creates easier access to fresh produce.
Julian Jacobs is the owner of Adrina Farms, which is located in Uptown Charlotte at the Innovation Barn. His farm is a hyperlocal, hydroponic farm where they grow lettuce, leafy green and root vegetables inside a 320-square-foot indoor space.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Architects Unveil Extraordinary Housing Project That Addresses Modern Crises: 'More Equitable And Inclusive … Urban Spaces'
Prospective GROW dwellers, Archinect detailed, can choose from 20 residential setups ranging from minimalist studios to expansive townhouses. The variety is intentional, meant to attract a diverse milieu, including "young professionals, students, and families with children."
Per Archinect, community members receive plentiful access to "activated social spaces" like GROW's signature rooftop urban farm — where residents can help with planting, maintenance, or even the assembly and weekly sale of harvest baskets.
Bubble Public Project Offers A Modular Vehicle For Passengers, Delivery, Mobile Farms
There will be an app where people can join a rideshare group or ride the nearest available Bubblic Public. That is where you can also hail one for your delivery or smart farm purposes and the vehicle will be transformed according to your need. It is an interesting concept and one that we may actually see in the near future. Maybe eventually there will be even be a flying bubble so it will stay true to its name.
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City Greens Plants Roots In Beverly Hills
The community farm’s headquarters is located in West L.A. in a similarly space-saving location – inside a shipping container at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center. “It’s pretty remarkable. It’s the equivalent of two and a half acres of outdoor production inside one shipping container, using about 90% less water and 95% less land,” Levy said.
Shipping Container Farming In Baltimore: Urban Pastoral’s Green Revolution
Freight farming has many benefits compared to traditional farming, especially in cities. These small, self-contained units can be placed in various locations like parking lots and rooftops, making them versatile for urban agriculture.
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
Grow-NY Winners Aim To Make Regional Economic Impact
Hypercell Technologies of Peachtree Corners, Georgia, was named the $1 million grand prize winner of the fifth annual Grow-NY Food and Agriculture business competition. Six other winners split a combined $3 million in awards
AUSTRALIA: Urban Farmer Makes Use of Vacant CBD Space
The future of farming is here. High-tech indoor vertical farms are sprouting up beneath our city buildings and taking over unused CBD real estate. Just a chip’s throw from Crown Casino in Melbourne’s Southbank, a former BMW showroom has been transformed into a productive farm
Under “Food Apartheid,” Urban Farms Are More Important Than Ever
But BIPOC urban farmers continue to face unique challenges—including inequitable access to land and loans
US (TX): CEA Advisors Partners With Celebrity Chef To Build Hybrid Facility
Glenn Behrman, President of CEA Advisors, is a 50-year veteran of the horticulture industry. He and Franchesca became friends a few years ago when they unsuccessfully attempted to place a Growtainer next to Dive Coastal in Snider Plaza
"One Container Can Get A Yield of 324 kg of Lettuce On The First Round"
Vana is an Agri-tech company based in Bangkok, Thailand, which specializes in software engineering at its core
VIDEO: New Additions to Customer Success at Freight Farms - Spring 2022
This video outlines the major projects our Crop Research, Training, and Support teams have been working on to benefit both new and veteran growers, as well as what we have in store for later in the year
Thailand: Introducing "FlexiFarm" – Innovative Smart Model of “Instant Container Farming"
FlexiFarm, an innovative container farming solution, is introducing a smart new alternative to traditional farming in Thailand. This ready-made, movable and sustainable way of farming requires less space and yields cost-effective products
How Plants Can Help People Grow
Posting as Garden Marcus on TikTok, Mr. Bridgewater, 33, has shown his 653,000 followers how planting a sweet potato vine in a new spot can help it flourish, a reminder that many living things can benefit from a change of scenery