News About Farming in a Shipping Container
Brick Street Farms Takes On Global Agriculture With Multimillion Dollar Investment
Brick Street Farms has been on the forefront of this industry because of their experience in design and manufacturing of their THRIVE Containers as well as the operation of those farms for financial sustainability
LA Unveils First Shipping Container Indoor Farm
“It’s sustainable. It uses 95% less water and electricity,” he said. “And we’re going to be able to grow crops throughout the year.”
No Shipping Required: Container Farm Provides Fresh Greens Directly To Community
Together Kris and Brenda developed a start-up plan that includes selling a variety of lettuces to local grocers and restaurants between Halifax and Enfield, Nova Scotia
A Moment of Change Podcast - The Future of Food With LettUs Grow
In the Future of Food podcast, we are joined by India Langley - Head of Communications at LettUs Grow
USDA ARS Selects AmplifiedAg As Its First Vertical Farming Platform; Launches CEA Study To Develop New Industry Standards
Agency will utilize AmplifiedAg’s advanced hydroponic container-based vertical farming platform to study crop production, food safety, market quality, and nutrition of produce grown in controlled agriculture environments
ISRAEL: Bringing Vertical Farming To A Commercial Supermarket Chain Retail-Based Pilot Project
Over the course of a year, beginning in March 2019, Vertical Field-installed indoor urban farms outside of three Rami Levy supermarket branches located in Modiin, Ashdod, and Bnei Barak
PHILIPPINE'S : MANILA - 1st Urban Farming Hydroponic Hub To Address Food Shortages
“This launching serves as our first step in reaching our goal. Today, we established our country’s first urban farming hydroponic research and training facility to overcome food shortages and heal hunger in the Philippines,” Agriculture Secretary William Dar said in his speech
Introducing Farmer Cultivation In Containers, Jakarta KPKP Head: Farmers In Jakarta Don't Have To Be Dirty
He revealed that one container farming unit at the Ragunan Tourism Agro Educational Center, South Jakarta, was the result of the collaboration of the DKI Provincial Government through the KPKP Service and PLN Care
US: PENNSYLVANIA - A New Crop of Farmers: Mobile Agriculture Lab Teaches Wingate Kids About Farming
Agriculture is vital to Pennsylvania's economy and to this region. At Wingate Elementary, the 40-foot mobile lab is parked just outside the classrooms
VIDEO - N.THING, A South Korean AgriTech Startup Secures $26 million In Fundraising To Accelerated Growth And Expansion Worldwide
N.Thing offers 'CUBE', a modular container vertical farm, and its solution 'CUBE OS'. In May 2021, N.Thing signed a deal with Sarya Holdings in the United Arab Emirates to construct a $3 million vertical farm within this year
VIDEO: Grow Food Here: Peachtree Corners, Georgia
Learn more about farming in the Greenery S container farm - www.freightfarms.com/greenery-s
Green Stream Holdings, Inc. Launches Plan To Fully Maximize Its Rapidly Growing Urban Gardening Sector To Create Micro Solar Grids In Urban Areas
Green Stream Holdings Inc., an emerging leader in the solar utility and finance space, has recently announced projects in the rapidly growing urban gardening sector with solar greenhouses dedicated primarily to rooftop farming, and projects to convert old shipping/cargo containers into inexpensive greenhouses for urban and inner-city neighborhoods
VIDEO - USA: Michigan - Kids Board Traveling Agriculture Lab
EWEN, Mich. (WLUC) - K-5 students at Ewen-Trout Creek School took a step into a mobile farm lab to learn a bit about agriculture
Want Your Own Farm? This One Comes In A Shipping Container
Just 5 gallons of water per day and the right amount of LED lighting, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and humidity can yield bountiful harvests in shipping container farms — no pesticides or herbicides needed
US: NEVADA - New Farming Facility Coming To Las Vegas' Historic Westside
The pre-built 40-foot shipping containers (manufactured by Freight Farms in Boston) are climate-controlled and can operate year-round, providing approximately 320 square feet of vertical growing space, and producing the output of nearly 3.5 acres of flat farming each, or 8 tons of produce
Square Roots Expands Wyoming Indoor Farm Under GFS Partnership
“We see significant potential for Square Roots farms across our U.S. and Canadian distribution footprint,” said Wolowski of GFS. “We’ll pace our investments consistent with demand and other market conditions, beginning with several sites already planned in the next 12 months.”
FarmBox Foods - C Lazy U To Grow Greens In New Container Farm
FarmBox Foods is based in Sedalia and has spent four year developing automated farms in shipping containers. The container farms use hydroponic water systems that consume 90% less water than traditional farms in a fully controlled growing environment, according to the company
US: VIDEO - Urban Farm Community Hub To Kick Off In October
Utilizing proprietary thrive containers, the hub will grow an equivalent of 16-20 acres of traditional farmland on 1/3 acre lots. In addition to the growing containers, Brick Street Farms has designed and engineered additional containers which fulfill the other required aspects of the facility: centralized systems, retail, dry storage, and cold storage
What Are The Benefits of Container Farming?
Container farms are becoming increasingly popular within the controlled environment agriculture industry. These farms are usually vertical farming systems installed inside a shipping container. So why are so many manufacturers and businesses using this model? And what makes LettUs Grow’s DROP & GROW container farm special?
Village Greens First Harvest - Valemount, BC
VCTV (Valemount Community TV) story of the inaugural harvest of the Valemount Learning Centre's Village Greens hydroponic growing container project in Valemount, BC, August, 2021