News About Farming in a Shipping Container

Hydroponic Farm Boosts Healthy Eating, Special-Needs Jobs At NC University

To bring the hydroponic farming operation to life on campus, Produce Purpose will also be partnering with Freight Farms, a hydroponic technology company based in Boston

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VIDEO: NORTH CAROLINA - Raleigh Shipping Container Growing Vertical Farm

Nanue’s Farm and Freight Farms will hold a pop-up open house on Friday from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Those who attend can get a tour and sample fresh produce. For more information on the pop-up event and registration, click here. 

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CANADA - Huntsville's Good Food Co-Op Grows - $138K Grant Into Nutrient-Rich Food

Shipping containers year round. “The growing technology was first deployed in food insecure, remote communities, but has since expanded to partner with schools, non-profits, and non-remote communities who see value in growing food locally — like Squamish Nation,” according to a Toronto Star article

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FLORIDA: Made In Tampa Bay: Brick Street Farms

Shannon O’Malley’s sustainable urban farm in Downtown St. Pete uses less water and land to produce lettuce, arugula, and other greens for Tampa Bay’s booming restaurant scene—and for your kitchen table

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COLORADO: Edible Beats Restaurant Announces Hydroponic Farms At Vital Root

 Edible Beats, the 100% Employee-Owned Denver-based restaurant group founded by Chef Justin Cucci, has announced the installation of a Hydroponic FarmBox by Colorado-based FarmBox Foods in the backyard of their plant-based Denver staple, Vital Root

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UNITED KINGDOM: Vertical Farming Comes To Chiswick

Greenhaus Farms is a small start-up company which has a shipping container full of plants in the car park at Chiswick Business Park. Harrison Pritchard and his two co-founders Nick Stace and Georgie Harper-Wilde have been operating there since last September. This is their pilot scheme, and if all goes well they are hoping to expand across London and throughout the UK

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Square Roots Opening Its Fourth Farm

The facility, located in Shepherdsville, Ky., adds to Square Roots production facilities in Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio, according to a news release

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Research From Bristol's LettUs Grow Finds Environmental Benefits of Renewably Powered Aeroponic Farms

Jack Farmer, study co-author and Chief Scientific Officer at LettUs Grow, said: “This is one of the first studies of its kind. It evaluates aeroponic vertical farming’s environmental credentials under real world scenarios

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Container Farming: Exploring A New Sustainable Agriculture Model

Container agriculture is a sustainable agriculture, and agricultural planting inside containers is very convenient as long as electricity and water are available

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VIDEO: Revolutionizing Agriculture: Vertical Farming Is Changing The Game | Zale Tabakman | EP #1

In the video, Zale Tabakman, President of Local Grown Salads and vertical farming expert, discusses the ins and outs of the vertical farming industry

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Laredo Shipping Container Farm Places Second In National Contest

They feel it helps showcase their cause, as they prepare to make their shipping container farm fully operational in the next few weeks for the community

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'People Have Lost The Connection With Food': Indoor Farm Hopes to Bring Fresh, Sustainable Products to Wisconsin, Northern Illinois

Founded in 2016 by Kimbal Musk, Elon's brother, and Tobias Peggs, Square Roots mission is to bring sustainable, freshly-farmed products to urban areas. The indoor farms are set up inside shipping-containers and take just 3-4 months of construction before they can be up and running

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Modular Farming For Hyperlocal

I recently had the opportunity to Zoom with Freight Farms CEO Rick Vanzura, whose resume includes executive positions at Panera Bread, Wahlburgers, and Borders bookstores

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