News About Farming in Shipping Containers & Limited Indoor Spaces
Freight Farms Partners With Local Line To Empower New Farmers
Ontario-based Local Line, founded in 2015, aims to assist existing and aspiring farmers on their path to profitable farming. The platform offers a range of features, such as price lists for different customer segments, inventory management, invoicing, and payment options – all designed to help farmers grow their businesses or kickstart their operations
The Rise of Hydro-Tech Farms: Revolutionizing Agriculture
Growing plants in indoor facilities where environmental conditions are carefully monitored and regulated is known as controlled environment agriculture (CEA)
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
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
VIDEO: ‘Seasons Don’t Matter’: How Hydroponic Farmers Are Cultivating Crops Texas Normally Wouldn’t See In The Summer
Steans said in his repurposed shipping container, where plants are growing vertically out of the wall linings, that he’s got enough crops to take up three to four acres of a typical farm
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
Container Farming Seeks To Solve Land Access Issues
Freight Farms sells fully-furnished shipping containers with hydroponic growing equipment so farmers without access to land can still produce crops for sale in their communities
VIDEO: USA - King Tides Farms - Charleston, South Carolina
They grow artisanal lettuces, unusual leafy greens, exotic herbs, and all varieties of microgreens. Each plant can be traced from seeding to eating and is delivered within hours of harvesting
AdventHealth Celebration’s Shipping Container Garden Provides Green Dividend
The hospital eventually partnered with Freight Farms, which provides 40-foot shipping containers tricked out to grow greens vertically and hydroponically
VIDEO: Bolton, Connecticut - Farm-a-Leaf
Our Mission: to provide the highest quality local produce and service in every season
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
VIDEO: NORTH CAROLINA - Raleigh Shipping Container Growing Vertical Farm
Nanue’s Farm and Freight Farms will hold a pop-up open house on Friday from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Those who attend can get a tour and sample fresh produce. For more information on the pop-up event and registration, click here.
VIDEO: Urban Farmer Thinks ‘Inside The Box,’ Grows Greens Inside Shipping Containers
Urban farmer DeMario Vitalis, of New Age Provisions in downtown Indianapolis, Ind., is leveraging the science of hydroponics to grow and sell unique, organic produce in an even-more-unique growing environment
CANADA: Hudson Bay Couple Cultivates Local Produce With Hydroponics
An old elementary school in Hudson Bay has been transformed into a hydroponic farming facility that provides fresh vegetables all year
UNITED KINGDOM: Vertical Farming Comes To Chiswick
Greenhaus Farms is a small start-up company which has a shipping container full of plants in the car park at Chiswick Business Park. Harrison Pritchard and his two co-founders Nick Stace and Georgie Harper-Wilde have been operating there since last September. This is their pilot scheme, and if all goes well they are hoping to expand across London and throughout the UK
VIDEO - The Future of Food - 7 - Vertical Farming: Thinking Inside The Box
Inside their shipping container farm, in West Des Moines, Iowa, thousands of red and blue LED lights create a purple glow as they shine on a series of 7-foot-tall vertical panels draped with growing plant