“The freight farm aligns with some of the key elements of our sustainability and climate action plan, specifically around grounds management and resource management as it relates to food systems and supports some of our energy goals,” said Suzanne Wood, associate director of sustainability and campus services at UMass Chan

Cedar Valley High School students have received a hands-on learning opportunity to work with and study in a closed container, hydroponic garden experience called Freight Farm.  Vertical farming may just be the way of the future. At Cedar Valley High School, thanks to a significant grant from Meta (formerly Facebook), ecology students will learn about vertical farming with a shipping container specially designed for low-water, high-efficiency farming

Container farming is an innovative farming method with tremendous potential for addressing various challenges, including reducing recidivism rates in correctional facilities. Recidivism, the tendency of individuals to relapse into criminal behavior after release

Students have been using the hydroponic growing technique in the 8-by-40-foot trailer, growing plants using a water-based nutrient solution rather than soil

Food On The Move’s Urban Farm will produce more than 150,000 pounds of fresh produce every year. The nonprofit founded by Tulsa musician Taylor Hanson will give away a portion of the food through monthly Community Food and Resource Festivals and sell the remainder to Oasis Fresh Market and other local vendors

Toward moving the university into the expanding sustainability field, La Sierra, in 2022, began developing a sustainability park complete with an off-grid experimental geodesic dome, greenhouse, and two environmentally-controlled, technologically outfitted shipping containers for Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) developed by Freight Farms, an urban farming company

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)

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

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.

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

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

Dave Harris, Freight Farms’ Director of Crop R&D, shares his expertise in the world of vertical farming in the video

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

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

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

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

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

Start container farming for yourself. There’s never been a better time to start a 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