News About Farming in a Shipping Container
USA - ALABAMA - VIDEO: Chickasaw City Schools Receives Hydroponic Container For Agriculture Program
It works by using a shipping container like this to grow the vegetables. There’s no soil, just water. And it’s inside, which will keep crops safe from the weather. (WALA)
Federal Funding Opportunities For Indoor Agriculture: A Comprehensive Guide For Entrepreneurs And Organizations
Ceres Greenhouse Solutions has prepared an informative and downloadable PDF that will explore the various federal funding options available to clients looking to start or expand indoor agriculture projects who are seeking funding that they can qualify for and apply towards indoor agriculture costs
St. Vrain Valley Schools Wins Award For Nutrition Services
These initiatives include a FarmBox hydroponic storage container farm; a student-led leafy greens food service business and hyper-local salad bars featuring produce from local farming partners.
La Sierra University Will Launch 10 New Academic Programs
One container arrived in 2021 for use by the university’s Enactus team to grow leafy greens and herbs utilizing hydroponics-based agriculture. Last school year, the team began using the container to provide education in sustainable agriculture and business practices for local at-risk youth
Grow It York: The Vertical Farm Under Our Noses
Whilst this container was primarily being used to grow herbs and leafy greens, it could be used to grow potatoes with a deeper tray, or heads of lettuce with a higher space to grow. Although, those would both be less efficient in terms of the usage of space as they would not be able to have as many trays in the container
Shipping Container Farms: Advancing Vertical Farming And Hydroponics
Dave Harris, Freight Farms’ Director of Crop R&D, shares his expertise in the world of vertical farming in the video
Top 7 Questions Boys & Girls Clubs Have About Freight Farms
We provide training before you start farming. Either: Farm Camp: Training in a group setting at our headquarters with other new Freight Farmers. Or, On-Site Launch: At your location, with you, your farm operator, Club educators, and any other stakeholders, our team helps you launch your farm and trains you in operating it
USA-KENTUCKY: Funding Students’ Futures: Floyd County Uses ESSER Funding To Invest In Agricultural Facility
The container farm now rests on the FCSI campus, a collaborative effort between Floyd County schools and Freight Farms. Freight Farms began its operations in 2013 by focusing primarily on urban agriculture, but later expanding to focus on agriculture technology across landscapes
USA - CALIFORNIA: Impello Biosciences Partners With Morgan Hill Unified School District To Enhance Student Nutrition Program
Impello's advanced biostimulants help us boost crop yields, quality, and resilience within our Freight Farms and greenhouses, directly benefiting students with more nutritious and flavorful produce in their free meals provided by MHUSD
VIDEO: NEW YORK - South Bronx School Changing The Way Kids Eat | Politics Nation | MSNBC
Lower-income kids are more than twice as likely to be obese than higher-income kids. One school in the South Bronx is working to turn things around
USA - KANSAS - FFA Members Peer Into Future of Agriculture At Pittsburg Hydroponic Farm
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
USA - Pennsylvania: Conestoga Valley High School Campus Getting Hydroponics Farm In Specialized Freight Container
A climate-controlled Freight Farm container will be outfitted to grow hydroponics equivalent to 2.5 acres of farmland
16 Reasons To Start Container Farming
Start container farming for yourself. There’s never been a better time to start a hydroponic farm.
VIDEO: USA - Pennsylvania - Montgomery County Students Learn Valuable Skills From Hydroponic Farm
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
Campus Success Story: At Auburn University, Container Farming Helps Feed Students And Train Future Greenhouse Growers
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
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
ACTX Modular Hydroponic Farms Available To Universities For Research And Education
GrowPods are ideal for higher education learning about Controlled Environment Agriculture and Farming
USA - MISSOURI - Coming Soon To IGNITE Pathways In Woodbine - Farm-In-A-Box Means Fresh Local Greens Year-Round
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
USA: ARIZONA - VIDEO - Container Farm Pilot Shows Promising Signs
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
Freight Farm Provides Students With Fresh Food And Community
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