News About Farming in a Shipping Container

CANADA: Ottawa Based “The Growcer” Raises $3 Million Series A Backed By Former Farm Boy Co-CEO Jeff York

Growcer develops vertical farms in modular containers to help combat food insecurity in challenging climates. Growcer said it has over 80 farms across the country growing more than 10 million servings of leafy greens annually.

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AUSTRALIA: Vertical Farming Technology Could Bring Indigenous Plants Into The Mainstream

The farms can be in built in warehouses, greenhouses or, in the case of BoomaFood, specially designed shipping containers. The farms use artificial light, temperature, water and humidity control, meaning they can provide more food on a smaller footprint than traditional farming.

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Cultivate Your Dreams: Secondhand Farms Now Offers Comprehensive Training For New Container Farmers!

At Secondhand Farms, we are passionate about helping aspiring farmers bring their agricultural dreams to life. We make starting a farm accessible by providing high-quality, pre-owned shipping container farms at a fraction of the cost of new units.

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PODCAST: IoT-Connected Farms - Rick Vanzura, Freight Farms

How can we weather the strains our changing climate places on the infrastructure of our global food supply chain? The innovative technologies behind modular farming offer new solutions. Rick Vanzura, CEO of Freight Farms, joins sustainability and climate contributor Bonnie Schneider.

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Shipping Container Farming In Baltimore: Urban Pastoral’s Green Revolution

Freight farming has many benefits compared to traditional farming, especially in cities. These small, self-contained units can be placed in various locations like parking lots and rooftops, making them versatile for urban agriculture.

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Cincinnati Zoo Pilots Container Farming To Feed Giraffes, Manatees

A new system at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is providing hundreds of pounds of fresh produce for animals each week. The zoo is using shipping containers outfitted with hydroponic growing systems, making it possible to grow romaine and kale on-site.

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Nature's Miracle Announces Initial Shipments of The "MiracleTainer" Series Container Farm

Nature's Miracle Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: NMHI) ("Nature's Miracle"), a leader in vertical farming technology and infrastructure, today announced the successful manufacturing and shipment of its first two customized container farms in its proprietary "MiracleTainer" series to Growterra, LLC, an Ohio-based vertical farming company.

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Growcer Raises $3M In Series A To Accelerate Growth

Growcer is set to leverage this significant capital injection to accelerate its growth trajectory, expand its market reach into more regions such as the northeast U.S., and enhance its product offerings beyond leafy greens and modular structures.

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USA - IOWA: Tapestry Farms Hosting Spring Fling Benefit In Bettendorf

Tapestry Farms utilizes a shipping container to implement hydroponic (or vertical) farming. It uses small spaces to maximize produce production while using minimal water or energy resources. All in all, it's a more sustainable way to grow fresh produce year-round. 

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VIDEO: Container Farming With King Tide Farms: Charleston's Latest Source of Sustainable Local Produce

In Freight Farms' latest episode of Grow Food Here, they follow Hamilton Horne, who used his experience in sales to start his own container farming business selling to local restaurants in Charleston, South Carolina.

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USA - RHODE ISLAND: Cumberland High School Grows Its Own Greens For School Lunches District-Wide

Students in Cumberland Schools need not ask questions when it comes to some of their food served in their cafeteria, because the leafy greens they eat are grown right behind Cumberland High School. A large, green shipping container that contains a garden full of greens inside, sits behind the cafeteria.Installed in 2017 by 'Freight Farm,' a lot of work went into getting it up and running.

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VIDEO: From Container To Crop: A Vertical Farming Journey

With 20 containers housing between 3,000 to 4,000 plant sites each, our farm stands as a testament to the potential of sustainable agriculture in urban landscapes.

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Minnesota Freight Farm Route 1 Giving Farmers of Color Space To Grow

Last month, Carpenter received a shipping container from Boston. A company there called Freight Farm saves them from junkyards and then adds technology, electricity and water so crops can grow inside.

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Winemaker Turned Farmer Goes Green, Sustainable – And Vertical

Noël Schaff of Cardona Farms started a vertical farm in rural Petaluma where she grows an edible garden inside a 40-foot-long freight container but yields the equivalent of 2.5 acres.

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From Livestock To Lion’s Mane, The Latest From The Transfarmation Project

In an old tobacco barn in North Carolina, Craig Watts completed three trial runs growing shiitakes before he felt ready to scale up. Then, he pulled a shipping container into one of the four giant barns that have been sitting empty on his farm and connected plumbing and electrical systems that once provided water and lighting for thousands of chickens destined to become Perdue products.

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