News About Farming in Shipping Containers & Limited Indoor Spaces
USA: Missouri - How A Hydroponic Farming Company Is Improving Access To Fresh Produce In St. Louis
FH365 takes advantage of new technology that allows the conversion of shipping containers into fully functional high-tech hydroponic gardens using proprietary software that allows fresh vegetables to be grown almost anywhere at a modest investment
Urban Farming & Power Research
Watch to see local and nationwide stakeholders — including Shreveport's mayor and EPRI's Principal Technical Leader — and Shreveport Green farmers announce this exciting project
A Former Raleigh Homebuilder Hung Up His Hard Hat To Run A Modular Farm
Trevor Spear traded homebuilding for farming out of a shipping container and now sells produce to some of Raleigh’s most acclaimed eateries
Indoor, Hydroponic Farms Sprouting Across Alabama
The Vintage Hospitality Group, which operates Vintage Year and other popular Montgomery eateries, grows its greens hydroponically out of two customized shipping containers stacked on each other in back of its namesake restaurant. It calls the operation MGM Greens
Freight Farms Named 2022 “IoT Monitoring Solution of The Year” By AgTech Breakthrough
Data helps us to understand the relationships between the physiology of plants and their response to environmental variables at a level that has not been possible before - Jon Friedman, Co-founder and COO, Freight Farms
EGYPT: How Tulima Is Growing Urban Farms In Upcycled Shipping Containers
Hoping to use their green thumbs to revolutionize vegetable farming in Egypt, Tulima Farms uses state-of-the-art technology and ancient Egyptian farming techniques to help modernize climate-positive farming
An Artsy Hydroponic Farm Lives In Chicago
Freight to Plate is responsible for this innovative idea. Sisters Mary and Jacqueline Scala own this business in the Fulton Market District
Freight Farms Open House In Raleigh
Tour the Vertical Farms in Downtown Raleigh. During the open house, you’ll get to experience the future of farming and taste incredible locally-grown produce!
VIDEO: Is Indoor Farming On a Path To Profitability?
Often criticized for their 'unsustainable finances', indoor farming companies are today, making efforts to cut their operational expenses, increase their revenues and thus, increase their profitability. But are they on the right track?
Biosphere 2 Delivers First Lettuce Crop To Campus Pantry, Food Bank
The first crop of lettuce grown in a container farm at Biosphere 2 was delivered Monday to the University of Arizona Campus Pantry and the Impact of Southern Arizona community food bank. The crop included about 800 heads of red and green butter lettuce
Want To Learn How To Grow Microgreens And Maximize Your Revenue While You’re At It?
How to Maximize Your Nursery Station with Microgreens. First off: What are microgreens?
USA: NEW YORK - Farm Operator In Ellicottville Seeks Tax Breaks Help To Grow Fresh Greens
Ellicottville Greens, which was founded in 2019 by CEO Gabriel Bialkowski, wants to provide affordable and high-quality produce to consumers in economically distressed areas, where there are concerns about access to fresh foods
Growing Farms One Converted Shipping Container At A Time
An 8-by-40-foot Freight Farms container is handled by a crane. The shipping containers are converted into self-contained, hydroponic farms that use LED lights
VIDEO: Indy-Based Urban Farmer Goes High Tech
The east side of Indianapolis doesn’t exactly have a lot of land for developing acres of produce. DeMario Vitalis had to get creative farming three and a half acres inside shipping containers
Monty Tech Grows Hydroponic Produce For School Cafeteria Inside A Shipping Crate
Freight Farms is a Boston-based agricultural technology company founded in 2011. The first container farm prototype was built at Clark University in Worcester
Innovative " Freight Farm" Improves Fresh Produce Access In Central Florida Community
AdventHealth Celebration is prioritizing nutrition and sustainability through a new innovative program. Recently, team members at the campus celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for what’s known as a “freight farm.”
Farming Anywhere, Anytime: How Tulima Farms Plans To Revolutionize Egypt’s Agriculture
Working with Freight Farms, the world’s most productive hydroponic shipping container farm, Tulima has two mobile 40-foot (67.7 cubic meters) shipping containers that were transformed into a full farm from seed to harvest, and grows leafy greens and herbs such as basil, mint, spinach, baby spinach, kale, lettuce, and arugula
The Future of Vertical Farming
The latest market analysis report titled "Vertical Farming Market by Crop Type and Geography — Forecast and Analysis 2022-2026," predicts the market to witness a potential growth difference of $6.70 billion from 2021 to 2026
Cambridge Trust Provides $12 Million Debt Facility To support Freight Farms' Growth
With a talented management team and well-designed products serving a critical need, we believe Freight Farms is poised to transform agriculture over the years ahead as sustainability and access to quality produce become ever more important."
Mobile Farmers Market Sees Skyrocketing Demand Due To Food Insecurity, Rising Grocery Prices
Urban Growers Collective’s Fresh Moves runs five days a week and makes several stops — all at least an hour — at locations across the city’s South and West sides, including South Chicago, Avalon Park, Englewood, and Fuller Park