News About Farming in a Shipping Container
Shipping Containers Newest Farming Option In Controlled Climate
In a unique, non-traditional farming method of growing farm fodder inside a huge 40-foot long shipping container with automated climate control known as a Hydroponic Fodder Farm, people can harvest a staggering amount of barley grass through FarmBox Foods
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A Freight Farmers Journey: How this Entrepreneur Launched a Hydroponic Farming Business in St. Louisw ith Amy Martin and Tova Feinberg
Atarraya's Shrimpbox Farms Usher in the Future of Protein at Economist's Impact 9th Sustainability Week
Experience the future of sustainable protein with Atarraya at Economist Impact's 9th Annual Sustainability Week. Discover how our Shrimpbox Farms are redefining urban shrimp farming for a cleaner, local, and responsible protein future
USDA Announces Grants For Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production
The Federal funding agency expects to award approximately $6,100,000 through this opportunity. However, the agency retains the discretion to award a larger or lesser amount
One Farm, Hundreds of Crops 🌶️🥬🌸🥕
Depending on your goals for a Freight Farming program, you can shift your focus from production and profit to education, crop experimentation, farm activities, or other opportunities
VIDEO: Freight Farms - Who's the Boss
Harbor Media spoke with CEO Rick Vanzura about their vertical farming system company
City of Las Vegas Hosting First Farmers' Market At Historic Westside Urban Farm
According to city officials, this will be the first of four markets scheduled to be held at the park in 2024
Brick Street Farms is on TV
Jimmy heads to the Tampa, Clearwater, and of course, St.Pete, where he stopped by our hydroponic farm and chatted with Briant and Brad and got up close and personal with the future of farming
Is Controlled Environment Agriculture Investable Today?
In the world of M&A, Freight Farms, the leading seller of container farms in North America, has entered into a merger agreement with Agrinam Acquisition Corp. to go public via SPAC
Shipping Container Farms: Cultivating The Future of Agriculture
The concept of shipping container farms emerges as a beacon of hope and innovation as conventional farming methods face challenges such as land scarcity, water shortages, and the impact of climate change
EmPOWERED To Serve Business Accelerator™ Awards $72K To Maryland Black Farmers
Geb-ra Organics, a startup that aims to build an Aquaponics farming complex in Baltimore using recycled shipping containers, with a public and private school system training program, won first place and $35,000 in grant funding
VIDEO: Our Project Consists of The Production of Microgreens In A Container on The Small Belt of The 14th Arrondissement of Paris
The Tontons Flowers team is a family structure made up of two brothers passionate about everything related to the environment and the culinary world
VIDEO: Chicago Farming Company Grows Fresh Produce In Shipping Containers To Help Fight Food Deserts
Ditto Foods is a Chicago-based hydroponic farming company combating food deserts by growing fresh produce in shipping containers — for a fraction of the price of traditional farming! CEO and founder Derek shares how he was inspired to start the company after losing his job during the pandemic
Freight Farms Is a Hydroponic Agricultural Farming Company Who Is Revolutionizing Sustainable Farming Practices Through The Use of Shipping Containers
The company recently moved and expanded their headquarters to 20 Old Colony Avenue and brought RODE on to design their new space
New Black-Owned Freight Farm In Rural Minnesota To Tackle Food Insecurity, Health Inequities
In February, Route 1 will place its first Freight Farm in the rural community of Loretto, population 650. It will be the first Black-owned freight farm in Minnesota. “It allows the farmer..to take these farms and really place them wherever the need exists,” Carpenter told the Daily Yonder
NIU Adds “Hydropod” Vertical Farming System to Edible Campus Project
In early December, a special delivery arrived behind NIU’s Anderson Hall. The 40-foot-by-8-foot box may look like a standard shipping container, but inside you’ll find a complete, self-contained hydroponic farming system
Masdar City Launches Smart Vertical Farm With AgriTech Firm In Food Security Push
The vertical farm will be housed in two repurposed shipping containers near Masdar City’s Eco-Plaza, the first of which is already up and running, with plans to expand the second in the coming year
An Immersive 3D Virtual Experience
Explore our container farm in detail — at your own pace, or with the help of a video guide
CT DoAg Awards $2.8 Million Investing In 53 Farm-to-School-Based Projects
The eight shipping container growing unit awardees include: High Ridge Hydroponics, LLC, Norwalk - Thy Neighbors Farm, Torrington - Groton Public Schools, Groton - Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, Mashantucket - High School in the Community, New Haven - Seacoast Mushrooms, Mystic - Keney Park Sustainability Project, Windsor - DeFrancesco and Son Inc., Northford
VIDEO: A White-Board Animation Showing The Impacts of Growing Produce In A Vertical Hydroponic Farm Made By FarmBox Foods
Watch our new whiteboard video, which briefly illustrates the benefits of growing produce in the Vertical Hydroponic Farms we build and sell. If you're so inclined, share it with your network