Harbor Media spoke with CEO Rick Vanzura about their vertical farming system company

According to city officials, this will be the first of four markets scheduled to be held at the park in 2024

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

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

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

High school students from Cleveland suburbs Euclid, Wickliffe, and Mentor are growing crops in a unique environment that teaches them about the future of high-tech farming while offering insight into modern agriculture business.

An area the size of a truck has been transformed into a thriving hydroponic farm, a testament to the innovative strides in environmental science education. This endeavor, backed by a generous $180,000 grant, underscores the potential of integrating real-world applications into the learning experience

Thanks to a grant from the Cleveland Foundation Lake-Geauga Fund, the Veterans Center at Lakeland Community College is hosting a series of hydroponic farming workshops that aim to promote personal growth and wellness through agriculture

Freight Farms, a leading provider of intelligent farm containers, has recently upgraded its IoT platform to enhance lighting controls and outlet power management. According to CTO Jake Felser, these improvements have revolutionized farming by allowing even those with limited agricultural experience to become successful farmers

Officials at IDEA Eastside took a shipping container and converted it into an indoor farm. Leafy green vegetables are grown in columns that are exposed to LED lights and purified water.

The University of North Texas Dining Services has earned a stellar reputation nationwide for its unwavering commitment to sustainability and self-sufficiency

Through the Vertical Farming Initiative at Oilfields School, junior and senior high students grow a variety of herbs and microgreens in a specially-built, 40-foot sea can that has been converted to sustainably grow produce year-round

NYPA is funding the $300,000 facility branded “Feeding the Roots. Blossoming a community” and “The power of love can grow communities,” and will be launching a slate of community engagement programs on site

This is IDEA San Benito's first hydroponic school farm, which means it grows plants using a water-based nutrient solution rather than soil. "We currently have about 3,000 lettuce heads growing, so it's all in a vertical system, which is very different from just an outdoor horizontal system," Carbajal said

Freight Farm intelligent farms are fully enclosed shipping containers filled with watering, lighting, fertilizing, and sensors with a Wi-Fi or cellular connection to help new farmers grow crops

Cottrell oversees three shipping containers retrofitted to grow hydroponic crops and indoor mushrooms. The container units are near the Veterans Community Project at 89th Street and Troost Avenue in Kansas City. The nonprofit project supports 49 nearby tiny homes and other services for military veterans where hopefulness replaces homelessness

Here you will find booklets and guides, short video clips, and templates designed to help you better run your container farm from start to harvest.

Horticulture Technicians are all about plant health. Their role records and tracks plant growth, makes sure that the plants receive the right amount of water and nutrients, and to carry out treatment if—or when—a plant shows signs of disease or pest damage. They can work either in outdoor agriculture environments or indoors working with hydroponic production systems or in greenhouses

AirFarm is a portable farm that can grow potatoes and tomatoes without the need for soil and instead utilises hydroponics, small pipes that direct water to the roots of plants

The “living laboratory” the space offers can be used to help teach skills in STEM, the arts, history and more, among other benefits, said Katherine Walsh, the director of the district’s Sustainability, Energy, and Environment Program