News About Farming in a Shipping Container

VIDEO: Minnesota: Urban Farm Grows Fresh Greens For Restaurants, Residents

Restaurants looking for locally-grown, fresh produce during the winter months must turn to a different type of farm, one in which the complete growing system is in a climate-controlled box

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USA: ARIZONA - VIDEO - Container Farm Pilot Shows Promising Signs

Biosphere 2 has recently started a pilot program with a hydroponic farm in a container unit called Freight Farms, and program leaders hope to use agrivoltaics solar panels to save energy

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FarmBox Foods Joins the International Phytobiomes Alliance

Colorado-based FarmBox Foods takes upcycled shipping containers and transforms them into controlled-climate container farms in which mushrooms, leafy greens, culinary herbs, micro greens, peppers, fodder, and other plants can be sustainably grown

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Freight Farms CEO: Vertical Farming Vexed by High Wnergy Costs But Renewables Offer Refuge

FoodIngredientsFirst sits down with Rick Vanzura, CEO of Freight Farms, to understand how energy is at the root of the sector’s problems and what can be done to overcome the problem

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USA - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MGM-Funded ‘Urban Farm’ Addresses Food Insecurity In Historic Westside

The development was secured through a public-private partnership involving MGM Resorts International, which donated $500,000 to the City of Las Vegas for the purchase of two climate-controlled hydroponics containers that grow produce, house plants and flowers year-round

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In A Farm Made Up of 20 Shipping Containers, 2.4 million Containers of Greens Grow Each Year

Opened in 2022, the Kenosha location sits within 20 shipping containers adjacent to partner Gordon Foods’ distribution center. It is near the highway and multiple other distribution centers close to the Illinois border, including Amazon and Meijer

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USA: VIRGINIA - Winchester May Allow Urban Farming In Industrialized Containers

An example of containers being used for gardening already exists in Winchester. John and Ann Fox have a specially issued permit from the city to operate a hydroponic vegetable-growing operation called Fox Urban Farms at 1001 S. Loudoun Street

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USA: ALABAMA - Students Plan Plant-Based Meals For Earth Week

Auburn students, Grace Reilein, Emory Morgan and Elie Creswell, partnered with Tiger Dining and the Sustainability Capstone course to celebrate Earth Week by providing plant-based meals at The Edge

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VIDEOS: A Potential Solution: Indoor Farming - Dr. Dickson Despommier

By the year 2050, nearly 80% of the earth’s population will reside in urban centers. Applying the most conservative estimates to current demographic trends, the human population will increase by about 3 billion people during the interim

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Celebrating Harvest Day At Vernon Hill School's Freight Farm Program

The 2gether We Eat nonprofit recently received a $265,000 grant to buy a freight farm and operate it at Vernon Hill School. Students celebrated their first harvest of leafy greens Wednesday by sharing the food with family and friends

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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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Scaling Vertical Farming: Siemens Ensures Perfect Plant Growth

Growing lettuce in the desert using environmentally friendly methods? Yes, it’s possible. Looking ahead, it’s important to start developing new concepts for agriculture. By 2050, 10 billion people are expected to live on our planet, and they’ll all want to be fed

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USA: OKLAHOMA - High-Tech Garden Showing Tulsa 'Just What Is Possible'

Planted inside a 40-foot shipping container, the hydroponic garden includes a set of surround-sound speakers. And William Woods likes to play oldies for the plants

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Square Roots Proves You Don’t Need A Big Budget For A Successful Marketing Campaign

The timing of Square Roots’ campaign was also impeccable. Launched in February, the campaign showcased the company’s ability to grow to produce year-round, regardless of the weather

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