News About Farming in a Shipping Container

A Recycled Shipping Container In Fifth Ward Offers Something Surprising: Farm-Fresh Lettuce

Despite its bent and corroded exterior, the shipping container in Greater Fifth Ward is alight inside with grow lamps and leafy lettuce. PVC piping, strung along the side of the container, holds tiny plastic pots with baby lettuce. Harvested lettuce sits on a table near the entrance, free for the taking

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New Global Reporting Tool Keeps Farmers On Track

AmplifiedAg, a supplier of indoor farms, equipment, and software, built a multi-tenant software platform, AmpEDGE, that can either be used to manage one- or multiple farms which provides all the environmental and operational information needed to run a farm, from small to enterprise scale

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The Future of Food - 7

Inside their shipping container farm, in West Des Moines, Iowa, thousands of red and blue LED lights create a purple glow as they shine on a series of 7-foot-tall vertical panels draped with growing plants

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Freight Farms Emerges As Global AgTech Leader With Small-Scale Solutions

Meet Freight Farms, an AgTech startup founded in 2012 that provides hydroponic farming solutions in shipping containers. The company plans to merge with blank-check company Agrinam Acquisition Corp. (TSX: AGRI.U)

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The Only Farm-to-Table University Dining In The State Is At Auburn-Check It Out Now

“Anything we can’t harvest for people, we compost so nothing goes to waste. We apply these nutrients to our plants, and we gather any water condensed out of the air conditioner to go back into the hydroponics system. The only nutrients leaving the Vertical Farms are those inside the plants.”

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Freight Farming Combines Hydroponics And Shipping Containers

Freight farming is an agricultural method that turns a shipping container into a mobile hydroponic farm. Right now nearly 90% of Hawaiʻi’s food is imported, but Oʻahu resident Sasha Leitner hopes her new business, Hawaii Greens Freight Farms, can help change that

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What Does The Future Look Like For Shipping Container Farms

The future for shipping container farms appears promising, as they offer several advantages in terms of agricultural production and sustainability. Here are some potential trends and developments we might expect

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CANADA - Diamond Valley Students Learn Growing Produce

Through the Vertical Farming Initiative at Oilfields School, junior and senior high students grow a variety of herbs and microgreens in a specially-built, 40-foot sea can that has been converted to sustainably grow produce year-round

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Installation Advances Urban Farming Technology And Provides Nutritional Produce To Underserved Communities

NYPA is funding the $300,000 facility branded “Feeding the Roots. Blossoming a community” and “The power of love can grow communities,” and will be launching a slate of community engagement programs on site

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USA: NEW YORK STATE: VIDEO: New Indoor Food Production Facility Coming To East Buffalo

A new indoor food production facility will soon open in East Buffalo, Gov. Hochul announced Monday. It will be housed inside a branded 40-foot shipping container at the Buffalo Go Green’s Zenner Street urban farm

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USA: TEXAS - VIDEO - IDEA San Benito Students Learn To Grow Crops In School's First Hydroponic Farm

This is IDEA San Benito's first hydroponic school farm, which means it grows plants using a water-based nutrient solution rather than soil. "We currently have about 3,000 lettuce heads growing, so it's all in a vertical system, which is very different from just an outdoor horizontal system," Carbajal said

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USA - ROCHESTER, NEW YORK - VIDEO - New Hydroponic Farm On Lake Avenue Aims To Combat Food Insecurity In Rochester

The new agriculture program is being called "The Farm," which is absent of soil and uses water-based nutrient solution at the base of the plants. The crops and herbs are potted and grown inside of repurposed freight containers

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USA: Massachusetts - Boys And Girls Club Trains Young Farmers Via IoT

Freight Farm intelligent farms are fully enclosed shipping containers filled with watering, lighting, fertilizing, and sensors with a Wi-Fi or cellular connection to help new farmers grow crops

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South Carolina Women’s Prison Brings Vertical Farm To Inmates

The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC), joined by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture and South Carolina-based AmplifiedAg, Inc., has 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, SC

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Veteran And Urban Groups Team Up To Grow Produce And Peace of Mind

Cottrell oversees three shipping containers retrofitted to grow hydroponic crops and indoor mushrooms. The container units are near the Veterans Community Project at 89th Street and Troost Avenue in Kansas City. The nonprofit project supports 49 nearby tiny homes and other services for military veterans where hopefulness replaces homelessness

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Could Container Farms Revolutionize The Farming Industry?

Typically constructed within redundant buildings or warehouse units, vertical farms are becoming an established sector of the farming industry, but what about container farms? In simple terms, a container farm is a vertical farming system that is built inside a shipping container

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