News About Farming in a Shipping Container

20 Benefits of Hydroponic Farming

Hydroponic farming saves limited arable land by growing 4x the number of plants that can be grown in the same space as conventional farming

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Russian Scientists Intend To Grow Vegetables In Antarctica

Researchers at the Vostok Antarctic base intend to grow watermelons and cucumbers this year, as reported by the Institute of Arctic and Antarctic Studies (AARI by its acronym in Russian)

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USA: North Carolina - Small But Mighty: 4 Things To Know About Wilmington-Grown Microgreens

When he started his business in 2016, he was growing microgreens in a townhouse. Now he has a shipping container for microgreens on the property he farms in Castle Hayne

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UK: Vertically Urban And LettUs Grow Partner With University of York

Housed in one of LettUs Grow's state-of-the-art DROP & GROW™ container farms, Grow It York sits at the heart of the city as part of an outdoor community space called SPARK

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VIDEO: Freight Farm Improves Access To Fresh Produce In A Community of Central Florida

AdventHealth is the first hospital in Central Florida to have an agricultural program. In 2022, AdventHealth developed a unique freight farm, improving the access to fresh produce in Central Florida

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USA: MINNESOTA - The Future of Vegetable Farming Has Arrived In Wykoff

According to Freight Farms, the annual harvest is 2-6 tons. The equivalent land yield is 2-4 acres annually, and the power usage is on average 168-231 kWh per day

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VIDEO: Two Colorado Companies Are Collaborating In Innovative Reforestation Techniques

FarmBox Foods, a company that makes modified shipping containers to grow food, is partnering with CORE Electric Cooperative to grow trees from seed to sapling using a unique and innovative technique called vertical hydroponic farming

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LettUs Grow Delivers First of It's Vertical Farms In A Shipping Container

The first Drop and Grow aeroponic container farms have been rolled out to a client by Bristol-based vertical farming company Lettus Grow and Walsall-based shipping containers business S Jones Containers, after a government grant helped them develop the innovation

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Climate Change Outside Pushes Veggie Crops Inside

These days, there are more than 2,000 vertical farms in the US, and many have opted to move their technologies, micro-climates and crop stacks into insulated, shipping container-size modules

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PODCAST: Episode 278: Rick Vanzura - CEO, Freight Farms

In this episode of our podcast, we cover: All the information on Freight Farms in terms of how their container farms work, plus details on the company’s business model which includes hardware, software, and services

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