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Their enthusiasm, their excitement just tell us that agriculture is a viable business and a viable industry for the youth and you just have to grab their attention, show them something different, that they’re not going to be on a farm in 120 degrees weather day they’re going to be working in 69 degrees inside on their smartphones growing food,” said Fourby

A climate-controlled Freight Farm container will be outfitted to grow hydroponics equivalent to 2.5 acres of farmland

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The dream came true, and now the students are learning about the importance of sustainable farming and even picking up some business skills along the way. The 400-square-foot container can produce about two acres of vegetables

The appeal of container farming at Auburn, Wells says, starts with campus dining. His department has a partnership with campus dining to grow food on campus for dining halls

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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The high-tech farm, called The Greenery, is housed in an 8-foot-by-40-foot shipping container designed and built by Freight Farms of Boston, Massachusetts

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

Students at Vernon Hill School in Worcester, Mass., are growing a variety of fresh foods thanks to a new hydroponic freight farm installed at the school

Historically, mechanical concerns like building structure, HVAC systems and the like haven’t received much airtime in public chats about vertical farming

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

The city on Wednesday afternoon hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony outside a pair of 40-foot shipping containers converted into hydroponic pods, which sits in the previously-shuttered James Gay III Park near Harrison Avenue and B Street

Students will operate a hydroponic vertical farm at the Career Elevation and Technology Center

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“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.”

Located in P9 outside of the Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre, our UTM Farm is a classic shipping container on the outside, but completely transformed on the inside

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The hydroponic farm is located inside of a shipping container on school grounds. It's also referred to as a "freight farm."