News About Farming in a Shipping Container

Vertical Farms Mean Vegetables Can Grow Anywhere

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

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Square Roots Emphasizes Indoor Farming In First Advertising Campaign

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

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The Indoor Farmer Who’s Using Freight Farms To Increase Food Security For The Cayman Islands

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

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Container Farming Has The Potential To Grow Food In Regions Where Traditional Farming Is Impossible

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!

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Spurred On By The Pandemic, Hydroponics Farming Thrives

“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

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VIDEO: 'It’s A Long-Term Process' | How Growing Food Indoors May Fix Arlington's Empty Office Space Issue

Amazon is setting up shop in Arlington, but the county still has serious economic challenges post-pandemic, including record-high empty office space. It’s costing Arlington millions every year, and now there’s an outside-the-box idea to turn things around

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CEA Alliance Highlights Industry Growth During Capitol Hill Visits

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

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Freight Farms Introduces Its New Line Of Hydroponic Nutrients

The product line consists of three components: Farmhand form, grow, and boost, each designed to provide essential macro and micronutrients to support healthy plant growth in hydroponic systems

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Why 2023 Is The Year To Start A Hydroponic Farming Business

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

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USA: VIRGINIA - Fox Urban Farms Plants The Seeds For Hydroponic Farming In Winchester

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

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USA: ALABAMA - Gulf Shores High School's Small Town, Big Garden Sets Fundraiser

“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.”

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How A Container Farm Will Benefit Your School Farming Program

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)

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VIDEO: IoT-Connected Farms – Rick Vanzura, Freight Farms

Rick Vanzura, CEO of Freight Farms, joins sustainability and climate contributor Bonnie Schneider to discuss the world’s largest network of IoT-connected farms spanning 49 U.S. states and 33 countries.

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Horizontal Vs. Vertical Stacking In Hydroponic Farms

There’s many types of hydroponic farming systems like nutrient film technique (NFT), deep water culture (DWC) and ebb and flow. All these systems deliver nutrient-rich water to the plants in different ways and fit under the umbrella of hydroponic farming

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AmplifiedAg: Scalable Controlled Environment Agriculture

AmplifiedAg is a company specializing in Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), offering a comprehensive technology platform and utilizing indoor farming practices

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