News About Farming in a Shipping Container
VIDEO - USA - CHICAGO: Students Learn STEM Skills & Give Back To Community
Container farming is growing plants or crops in special shipping containers instead of planting them in the ground and thirteen high school students just harvested the first crop in a container farm in Altgeld Gardens
Worcester, Massachusetts: Leominster Food Programs To Benefit From State Grants
The $5,823 will serve to build a safe storage area for the protective equipment students participating in the program wear when they work in the enclosed environment of the freight farm, said 2GetherWeEat founder Charles Luster
Northern Illinois University Unveils 'Hydropod' Project To Research Nutritious Food Growth
In early December 2023, a 40-foot by 8-foot container was delivered to Northern Illinois University (NIU) behind Anderson Hall. While resembling a standard shipping container, the unit houses a complete hydroponic farming system
Agrinam Acquisition Wins Extension to September to Complete Freight Farms Deal
Agrinam Acquisition announced that its shareholders voted unanimously to extend the SPAC’s deadline from March 15 to Sept. 15.
PODCAST: Rick Vanzura / Freight Farms - Building a Resilient Food Future & Collaborative Partners
In this episode, I speak with Rick Vanzura, CEO of Freight Farms, who takes us on a captivating journey from his days in the retail trenches to becoming a trailblazer in the vertical farming industry
Shipping Container Farming Meets Community Need
Mario Vitalis, Indianapolis, wanted to expand his expertise from his regular 9-to-5 job to develop his own business and support his community. He dreamed of providing fresh food to his community through urban farming
VIDEO: Freight Farms Webinar: A Freight Farms Journey With Tova Feinberg
Tova started her hydroponic farming business VertiGreens in St. Louis, MO, to sell to the top chefs and restaurants in the area. With a now successful Freight Farm operation
VIDEO: Grow Food Here: King Tide Farms
A lifelong entrepreneur with a love for the food and beverage industry, Hamilton brings years of sales and restaurant experience to the work of farming
Local Indoor-Grown Food Vendors Utilize Grocery Delivery Service PineMelon To Fill Seasonal Produce Gaps In Denver
Despite Colorado’s cold winter weather, two shipping containers at Uller’s Garden sprout vertical panels of lettuce, arugula and basil. Equal to five acres of land and using 95% less water, the hydroponic system feeds the growing rows of plants with essential nutrients from a constantly circulating water system while high efficiency LED lights supply them with all the sunshine they could need
Gourmet Caterers Leverages Sustainable Farming Practices. An Employee Tends To Their Freight Farm Located At Peppers Artful Events In Northborough, MA.
As New England’s leader in dining hospitality, Gourmet is renowned for its talented chefs; impeccable service; and for producing thousands of unforgettable corporate events, weddings, galas, mitzvahs and every kind of social occasion
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A Freight Farmers Journey: How this Entrepreneur Launched a Hydroponic Farming Business in St. Louisw ith Amy Martin and Tova Feinberg
USDA Announces Grants For Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production
The Federal funding agency expects to award approximately $6,100,000 through this opportunity. However, the agency retains the discretion to award a larger or lesser amount
One Farm, Hundreds of Crops 🌶️🥬🌸🥕
Depending on your goals for a Freight Farming program, you can shift your focus from production and profit to education, crop experimentation, farm activities, or other opportunities
VIDEO: Freight Farms - Who's the Boss
Harbor Media spoke with CEO Rick Vanzura about their vertical farming system company
City of Las Vegas Hosting First Farmers' Market At Historic Westside Urban Farm
According to city officials, this will be the first of four markets scheduled to be held at the park in 2024
Is Controlled Environment Agriculture Investable Today?
In the world of M&A, Freight Farms, the leading seller of container farms in North America, has entered into a merger agreement with Agrinam Acquisition Corp. to go public via SPAC
Shipping Container Farms: Cultivating The Future of Agriculture
The concept of shipping container farms emerges as a beacon of hope and innovation as conventional farming methods face challenges such as land scarcity, water shortages, and the impact of climate change
VIDEO: Chicago Farming Company Grows Fresh Produce In Shipping Containers To Help Fight Food Deserts
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
Freight Farms Is a Hydroponic Agricultural Farming Company Who Is Revolutionizing Sustainable Farming Practices Through The Use of Shipping Containers
The company recently moved and expanded their headquarters to 20 Old Colony Avenue and brought RODE on to design their new space
New Black-Owned Freight Farm In Rural Minnesota To Tackle Food Insecurity, Health Inequities
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