News About Farming in a Shipping Container
Monty Tech ‘Freight Farm’ A Collaboration With Growing Places, To Host Grand Opening
Three months after an 8-ton shipping container arrived on the Monty Tech campus, the school is hosting a grand opening celebration
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
WATCH: Square Roots CEO Talks Future of Indoor Vertical Farming, 'The Demand For Local Food Is Undeniable'
Indoor vertical farming company Square Roots is rapidly scaling up its modular, smart-farms to address demand for locally-grown food
USA: FLORIDA - Brick Street Farms Celebrates A Homecoming With Its New Market
Brick Street Farm owners have been slowly preparing for something of a homecoming. What started with a few converted shipping containers in a lot grew to a fleet of vertical farms in an expanded space in the Warehouse Arts District
UNITED KINGDOM: Sustainable Bristol Student Start-Up Branches Into Prison Partnership To Aid Rehabilitation
They recently delivered an aeroponic container farm, called DROP & GROW, to HM Prison Hewell in Worcestershire where Prisoners will be introduced to indoor farming practices to gain experience in a fast growing industry and train in horticulture, with the aim of helping them secure full-time employment upon release
CHINA: Pinduoduo Launches Vertical Farming Challenge For 3rd Smart Agriculture Competition
Now in its third edition, participants in the annual precision farming competition will be putting their skills in computing algorithms and agronomy to work cultivating lettuce inside shipping containers in a vertical farming challenge
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
MEXICO: Your Future Shrimp Meal Could Come From Atarraya’s Farming Technology
A Shrimpbox farm system enables farmers to become vertical aquaculture farming operations. This includes cargo containers that can be located even in landlocked areas and moved accordingly to suit production needs
VIDEO: It’s Not Too Late: The Future of Farming?
ABC News’ Ginger Zee reports on what could be an important part of the future of farming and how possible solutions for food scarcity may lie inside shipping containers
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
UNITED KINGDOM: The Urban Farm Supplying London's Top Restaurants
Forget rolling hills or greenhouses - this is where London's salad dreams are made
New Vertical VIDEO: Aquaculture Technology Offers Sustainable, Profitable, Globally Scalable Protein Source
Housed in cargo containers, Atarraya’s ‘plug-and-play,’ AI-powered Shrimpbox delivers up to 10x the ROI of traditional poultry or swine farming, creating new opportunities for farmers — even in landlocked, highly populated areas
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?
CANADA: And That's A Wrap For Yellowhead Tribal Council's Training Week!
Their Growcer farm is the first step in a long term plan to increase food sovereignty
IRAN: Container Farming Takes Root In Iran Tackling Food Quality And Resource Use Challenges
Kantikesht is a vertical farming company that is using containerized systems to bring fresh vegetables to the Iranian public
VIDEO: Square Roots Indoor Farm Celebrates Largest Growing Operation In Kenosha With Ribbon Cutting, Tastings And Tours
The 10,000-square foot indoor farm, which is located on the Gordon Foods Service campus at 10915 38th St., has the capability of producing more than 2.4 million packages of herbs and salad greens annually, according to company officials
VIDEO: This Startup Wants To Farm Shrimp In Computer-Controlled Cargo Containers
Take a look inside Atarraya’s 'Shrimpbox.'
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