News About Farming in a Shipping Container

The Growing Trend of Shipping Container Farms: Unlocking Sustainable Agriculture

Shipping container farms represent an exciting and innovative approach to sustainable agriculture. With their space efficiency, mobility, and climate control capabilities, these farms hold immense potential to address food security, reduce environmental impact, and foster local food production

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Agrinam Acquisition Corporation Files Preliminary Prospectus For Proposed Qualifying Acquisition With Freight Farms, Inc

Details of the Qualifying Acquisition are included in the Prospectus and were also announced by Agrinam and Freight Farms in the press release dated October 4, 2023. The Prospectus has been filed on SEDAR+ and may be viewed by shareholders and interested parties under Agrinam's profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca

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Ottawa’s Growcer Makes Vertical Farming Accessible To Those With Physical Challenges

Ottawa-based startup Growcer has partnered with two non-profits to help make its vertical farming system more accessible to people with physical challenges, including people in wheelchairs

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US: New Agtech To Supply Indoor Ag Products And Services

Himalaya has partnered with Vertical Crop Consultants, Inc., provider of the Cropbox, to offer indoor agriculture solutions, including container-based farms. The Cropbox was brought to life by Tripp Williamson while managing Williamson Greenhouses, a company his father started over 35 years ago

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Rooted In Knowledge: FAQS About Horticulture Technicians, Farm Support And Growcer Farms

Horticulture Technicians are all about plant health. Their role records and tracks plant growth, makes sure that the plants receive the right amount of water and nutrients, and to carry out treatment if—or when—a plant shows signs of disease or pest damage. They can work either in outdoor agriculture environments or indoors working with hydroponic production systems or in greenhouses

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US: South Carolina - New $1.2M Vertical Farming Facility And Training Program To Be Launched At S.C. Prison

The S.C. Department of Corrections, joined by the S.C. Department of Agriculture and South Carolina-based AmplifiedAg, Inc., received legislative approval to build a vertical farming facility and training program at Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution, a women's prison located in Columbia, S.C.

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Abu Dhabi University Launches Portable Farm In Bid To Boost Food Security

AirFarm is a portable farm that can grow potatoes and tomatoes without the need for soil and instead utilises hydroponics, small pipes that direct water to the roots of plants

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VIDEO: The Tiny RAS With Massive Impact Potential

Seawater Cubes has developed a unique RAS designed to produce nearly 8 tonnes of fish from units made from four shipping containers and has recently moved from the pilot to the commercial phase

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Garden Program Blooms At Boston’s Public Schools

The “living laboratory” the space offers can be used to help teach skills in STEM, the arts, history and more, among other benefits, said Katherine Walsh, the director of the district’s Sustainability, Energy, and Environment Program

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FRANCE: Faced With Inflation And Climatic Hazards, These Auvergne Farmers Are Investing In Maritime Containers

The start-up Vif Systems, associated with the Auvergne seed company Limagrain, offers farmers in Puy-de-Dôme 3 x 6 m metal buildings repurposed for growing aromatic plants. A first in France. Julien Chatard, a cereal grower in Limagne, purchased a container to diversify his income by growing aromatic herbs

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Zoning 101: How To Get Your Container Farm Approved & Where To Put It

Zoning laws are a set of guidelines put in place by your local municipality to help guide urban growth and development. In practice, zoning is often used to preserve the character of a neighborhood and to ensure new development is compatible with existing uses and communities

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‘Food Containers As A Way of Moving Forward,’ London Food Bank Proposes A Project To Ease Food Demand

The London and District Construction Association (LDCA) donated a 12-meter container that will be equipped to grow plants in a water-based fertilizer solution rather than in soil. According to the co-director at the Food Bank, Glen Pearson, this project would provide vegetables more consistently and stably for people

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USA: Pennsylvania - Mechanicsburg School Board Authorizes Installation of Hydroponics Lab

The school board initially reviewed Tuesday night’s accepted proposal for a Freight Farms Hydroponics Lab during a presentation by district administrators on Sept. 26. The lab will be located in a self-contained shipping container connected to the high school building

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USDA Offers New Crop Insurance Program For Producers Using Controlled Environments

The new Controlled Environment program from USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is specifically for plants grown in fully enclosed controlled environments and provides coverage against plant diseases subject to destruction orders. Available beginning in the 2024 crop year

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VIDEO: China-Shipping Container Farm

A single container is as productive as a traditional pond that covers 0.13 hectares." According to Chen, container fish farming uses 95 percent less water and 50 percent less human labor than traditional fish farming

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USA - KANSAS: Hydroponics Is Coming To A Local School System

“USD 235 is excited to be the recipient of a hydroponic shipping container farm through a grant awarded to the Kansas Division of Children and Families,” USD 235 Superintendent Vance Eden said.  “It was announced on September 11th, 2023 that Community Green Farms of Pittsburg Kansas would receive just over $1,000,000 to bring seven southeast Kansas counties vertical hydroponic container farms.”

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CANADA: VIDEO - Nipissing First Nation Greenhouse Sprouts Into Early Success

Mnogin Greenhouse is made up of four trailers. Two of them are already up and running with vertical row-on-row growing of different lettuces and herbs. A third trailer will be launching soon for more produce growing, while the last trailer is set up for packaging and distribution

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