“I discovered freight farms when I saw a video about the Square Roots project in Brooklyn highlighting the technology and capabilities of growing food in a shipping container. I had no prior knowledge of this growing system before, but I saw a need in the community.”

“I came up with the idea of using shipping containers to develop controlled environments, where crops can be grown. I went to Mumbai, bought a shipping container for Rs 5 lakh, and had it shipped to Pune. The reason behind using a shipping container is that they are very good insulators,” he explains

Repurposing shipping containers is nothing new in London – we’ve got mini-malls and food courts in Boxpark and offices in Containerville – and now with Crate to Plate, farms can be added to that list

Any system, to be worth investing in, needs to do two things. Serve the needs of the plant, and be economically viable for the farmer

A container farm, or freight farm, is a climate-controlled hydroponic farm with a vertical farming system built inside a shipping container that produces a variety of leafy greens

Shipping container concepts have been popping up on college campuses over the past several years. Colorado State chose to house one of its micro-restaurants inside a shipping container, while Auburn University and Georgia State University have utilized the containers for hydroponic farms

From small orchards to high-tech vertical farming, producing food in urban areas could help address key social and environmental issues

Over the last few weeks, we’ve been exploring the options faced by prospective growers. Ultimately, comparing systems means crunching the numbers and understanding your market, your community, and the “why” behind your project

A 340-square-foot shipping container produces a yield equivalent to 2 to 4 acres of farmland, or more than 6,000 pounds of leafy greens per year

5-Star resorts and leading hotels are now using smaller modular pods to provide guests with gourmet cuisine experiences

The campaign will feature about 15 billboards in its target markets as well as video advertising on the Hulu streaming service and a social media campaign on its platforms

The three Freight Farms allow Primitive Greens to defy the very things that make fresh food so scarce on the island: a lack of arable land, extreme weather which makes farming near-impossible, and those long shipping lines

Essentially a sustainable ‘farm-in-a-box’, a hydroponic container farm can produce many different crop types using 90% less water and 95% less land*. Grow leafy vegetables, herbs, flowers, fruiting plants, gourmet mushrooms, houseplants, and more!

“Interest was generated during the pandemic, especially in the urban areas, (because) urban areas don’t have access to food,” Roberto F. Rañola, Jr., an agriculture economics specialist and chairman of the Philippine Association of Agriculturists, said

Members of the Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Alliance met with more than 25 Congressional, USDA, and State Departments of Agriculture leaders in January to advance the importance of CEA production in the upcoming 2023 Farm Bill and other legislation

Good news! They indicate that 2023 is a great year to start hydroponic farming. From food safety to local purchasing and supply chain to healthy eating and environmental sustainability, recent studies and events suggest that now is the time to start a hydroponic farm

Fox Urban Farm Owners Ann and John Fox show a flat of the fresh specialty lettuce they are growing in Winchester’s first urban hydroponic farm on South Loudon Street

“When feasible, we hope to add a shipping container farm to our program, like the containers in the Transformation Garden at Auburn University-- https://youtu.be/E27CVXS2QzM —so that we will be able to fully sustain our lunchrooms with student-grown lettuce, greens and herbs.”

The social services nonprofit and city utility want to participate on a “smart farm” project at Adams, Lee, Davis and Houston streets with Freight Farms

School gardens teach students how to grow fresh, nutritious produce and help them develop healthy eating habits. Some school farming programs are forgoing traditional gardens for enclosed hydroponic shipping container farms (HSCFs)