A sprawling metropolis like London may seem an unlikely place to grow food, but urban farms could be key for ensuring greater food security as the climate crisis worsens

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 15, 2023) - Agrinam Acquisition Corporation ("Agrinam") announced today that it has exercised its second three-month extension option to extend its permitted timeline to complete a qualifying acquisition to March 15, 2024 by depositing an additional U.S.$400,000 in cash into escrow

Columbia, S.C.-based Senn Brothers Produce recently launched its own vertical farming operation and introduced its indoor-grown private-label brand, Sensational Fresh

Agritecture Designer is not just a tool; it’s a catalyst for change in the vertical farming industry. Providing comprehensive education, financial planning tools, and a network of suppliers empowers entrepreneurs to turn their visions into reality

The container fish farm is located in Tampines Street 11, next to the Tampines Round Market and Food Centre, and residents can look forward to enjoying the popular jade perch, a fish delicacy, after the first harvest in four to six months

Running two indoor farms, one of 100m² and the other a 40-foot shipping container, Martin determined the size by the high initial costs of the technology. The reason behind starting a farm close to his roots in Dýšina, near Plzeň, the Czech Republic, is the lack of products and because of his children, the next generation of farmers

Hidden away in the back of a Center Street parking lot, by a steep bank that falls into the Black River, is a 40-by-8-by-10-foot white metal box that looks like a standard shipping container

Last week the Uniontown district received a hydroponic farm from Leafy Green Farms

A new urban farm at the Quad City Botanical Center is helping combat food security in the local community, but it might not look like any farm you're used to

Despite its bent and corroded exterior, the shipping container in Greater Fifth Ward is alight inside with grow lamps and leafy lettuce. PVC piping, strung along the side of the container, holds tiny plastic pots with baby lettuce. Harvested lettuce sits on a table near the entrance, free for the taking

AmplifiedAg, a supplier of indoor farms, equipment, and software, built a multi-tenant software platform, AmpEDGE, that can either be used to manage one- or multiple farms which provides all the environmental and operational information needed to run a farm, from small to enterprise scale

Inside their shipping container farm, in West Des Moines, Iowa, thousands of red and blue LED lights create a purple glow as they shine on a series of 7-foot-tall vertical panels draped with growing plants

Officials at IDEA Eastside took a shipping container and converted it into an indoor farm. Leafy green vegetables are grown in columns that are exposed to LED lights and purified water.

Meet Freight Farms, an AgTech startup founded in 2012 that provides hydroponic farming solutions in shipping containers. The company plans to merge with blank-check company Agrinam Acquisition Corp. (TSX: AGRI.U)

“Anything we can’t harvest for people, we compost so nothing goes to waste. We apply these nutrients to our plants, and we gather any water condensed out of the air conditioner to go back into the hydroponics system. The only nutrients leaving the Vertical Farms are those inside the plants.”

The University of North Texas Dining Services has earned a stellar reputation nationwide for its unwavering commitment to sustainability and self-sufficiency

Freight farming is an agricultural method that turns a shipping container into a mobile hydroponic farm. Right now nearly 90% of Hawaiʻi’s food is imported, but Oʻahu resident Sasha Leitner hopes her new business, Hawaii Greens Freight Farms, can help change that

The future for shipping container farms appears promising, as they offer several advantages in terms of agricultural production and sustainability. Here are some potential trends and developments we might expect

Through the Vertical Farming Initiative at Oilfields School, junior and senior high students grow a variety of herbs and microgreens in a specially-built, 40-foot sea can that has been converted to sustainably grow produce year-round

The future of farming is here inside several modified shipping containers, tucked away in a downtown Metter warehouse