News About Farming in a Shipping Container
VIDEO: Diversifying The Dairy Farm - Verdures Dorey Farm, Quebec, Canada
Audrey and Dominic run a dairy and mixed grain farm in rural Quebec. In 2021, they took on a new adventure by adding a Growcer modular farm to grow healthy produce 365 days a year
The History of Container Shipping
Container transportation is now the most popular way of cargo movement and a critical pillar of the global economy, but back in the 1950s, it was just a thought
VIDEO: New York Power Authority Joins Harlem Grown and EPRI in Collaborative Demonstration To Educate Local Youth About Urban Farming, Sustainability And Nutrition
Project Research Study to Inform Climate Actions, Evaluate Energy and Environmental Impacts, and Measure Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction
CANADA: VIDEO: Grow In The Snow - Armstrong Cubic Farmer Can Grow Greens All Day - Every Day
Van Deursen’s GreenLion farms currently has 16 of the shipping containers, which produce herbs, lettuce and micro greens. The longest grow time is 36 days
ACTX Says It's Time For Farmers To Spice It Up
Controlled environment farms like GrowPods offer an ideal way for growers to expand into culinary herb production
USA: Farm-to-School Initiative Enters Phase One In Pittsburg, Kansas
Once Leafy Green Farms reaches a goal of ten schools locally, they will move on to implementing the program in all 105 counties in the Sunflower State. The project is typically funded through grant programs
CAES Partners With Agrify To Grow Vertical Farming Efforts
“Indoor vertical farms rely solely on artificial lighting. These farms grow crops entirely indoors in a warehouse or shipping container,” said Rhuanito Ferrarezi, associate professor of controlled environment agriculture in the CAES Department of Horticulture
Aliaxis Invests In Freight Farms, A World Leader In Vertical Farming Technology
This strategic partnership will be part of Water for Food business unit within Aliaxis Next, the newly created division of Aliaxis to select, incubate, nurture, and grow businesses from new domains to improve water management
How to Start A Farm To School Program With A Freight Farm
Morgan Hill Unified School District in Morgan Hill, CA, grows 60% of their lettuce needs (to feed 9,000 students) in just one Freight Farm
USA - Providence, Rhode Island: United Natural Foods And Square Roots To Co-Locate Indoor Farms At Distribution Centers Across North America
Square Roots to grow food on-site at UNFI facilities, eliminating lengthy supply chains and giving back days of freshness to UNFI customers year-round
USA - Pennsylvania: Hydroponic Farm At Montco School Gets Visit From PA Officials
The hydroponic farm is located inside of a shipping container on school grounds. It's also referred to as a "freight farm."
ZipGrow And Its New ZipPod Part of Growing Agtech Sector In Cornwall
A new portable turnkey farming system made in Ontario could contribute to improving food security, solving supply chain disruptions and conserving water resources
The Future of Farming: Can We Feed The World Without Destroying It?
The broad range of benefits derived from vertical farming has been well-documented, so we shall instead turn first to the specifics of Fischer Farms, a UK-based vertical farming company
VIDEO - USA - CALIFORNIA: School Embraces Shipping Container Farming
"Our Freight Farm is innovation in action!” We envision a powerful and environmentally friendly path forward that accelerates our district's respect for the environment while at the same time providing delicious and nutritious meals for our students
Cayman Islands: Solar-Powered ‘Farm of The Future’ Could Feed All of Cayman
How do you pack a 150-acre farm that can grow enough fresh, healthy produce to feed the entire population of the Cayman Islands on to a single-acre development site?
AmplifiedAg Introduces Vertical Propagation As The Newest Addition To Its Comprehensive Indoor Agriculture Platform
Ready for commercialization, AmpVPS has the potential to propagate over 100,000 seedlings in each 320 ft2 unit, creating a new high-density option for all growers
USA: FLORIDA - St. Petersburg Urban Farm Brick Street Expands
Brick Street Farms is growing leafy greens inside upcycled shipping containers in a warehouse and parking lot at Tropicana Field — and they're about to get a whole lot more growing power
USA: Minnesota - Four Acres In A Box: Wykoff Couple Venture Into Vertical Hydroponic Farming
The Rahes plan on selling lettuce, microgreens, and herbs to individuals and restaurants around Southeast Minnesota and northeast Iowa
Square Roots & Gordon Food Service Open New Facility In Ohio
Fresh, local greens are grown by tech-enabled farmers are now sold throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania, all year round
In The Heights: Q&A With Kalera CEO Jim Leighton
For an industry still in relative infancy, it’s breathtaking to consider how far and how fast global vertical farming has grown in the last 10 years