News About Farming in a Shipping Container

USA: MICHIGAN - Innovative Farm, Fashioned From Shipping Containers, Doubles In Size In Grand Rapids Area

Square Roots now has 20 shipping containers at GFS’s headquarters, up from 10 in 2019, where a team of farmers grow basil, parsley, cilantro, kale, leafy greens, microgreens and more year-round

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VIDEO: 5 Vertical Farm Robots & Systems | Future of Farming

Vertical farming is the future. It will ensure access to healthy food for optimum nutrition while protecting environmental factors that will put safeguards in place so that there is no compromise to land, air, and water

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Canada: Vegetable Production In Container Farm – Economic Fact Sheet

The production of vegetables in containers started to evolve in 2010. Numerous agricultural production or container designer enterprises were established starting in 2015 around the world.

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VIDEO: Square Roots And Gordon Food Service Celebrate Opening of New Michigan Indoor Farm; Tobias Peggs And Rich Wolowski Discuss

“This new indoor farm in Michigan means we can grow delicious, local food all year round in responsible ways,” said Tobias Peggs, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Square Roots

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Two 40 Feet Container Plant Factory Are About To Be Finished Installation In Singapore

Starting from 2012, now Kingpeng Container Plant Factory has upgraded to the third generation and it adopts modular design and is specifically designed for vegetable nurseries and growing

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Israeli Firm Vertical Field To Open Vertical Farms In Russia, Ukraine

The first of these farms opened earlier this month in Krasnodar and Dnipro, and already they are starting to provide steady harvests of fresh produce to sell at Russia's Magnit and Ukraine's Varus

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10 Reasons Every School Needs A Farm On Campus

At Freight Farms, we work with campuses to integrate hydroponic produce into dining services and school curricula. Read on as we explore the ways a Greenery S can transform your campus culture and identity

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Square Roots And Gordon Food Service:US (MI): New Wyoming Farm Opened With Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

“In partnering with Square Roots, we are delivering on our ambitions to make nutritious, local produce available to everyone, throughout the year, regardless of the local climate,” said Rich Wolowski, CEO of Gordon Food Service

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GrowBoxCo Announces Business Expansion, Name Change To Box4Grow

Box4Grow designs and retrofits 10-foot, 20-foot, and 40-foot shipping containers and builds flexible modular grow rooms, warehouses and greenhouses that provide a controlled environment for cultivators regardless of space or climate

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Crate To Plate Was Founded With The Mission of Bringing Sustainable, Local Production of Leafy Greens To Urban Communities

Our founder, Sebastien, believed that consumers in cities should be able to buy higher quality food, free of any pesticides, which hasn’t been shipped from thousands of miles away to be consumed several days after harvest

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Brick Street Farms Takes On Global Agriculture With Multimillion Dollar Investment

Brick Street Farms has been on the forefront of this industry because of their experience in design and manufacturing of their THRIVE Containers as well as the operation of those farms for financial sustainability

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No Shipping Required: Container Farm Provides Fresh Greens Directly To Community

Together Kris and Brenda developed a start-up plan that includes selling a variety of lettuces to local grocers and restaurants between Halifax and Enfield, Nova Scotia

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USDA ARS Selects AmplifiedAg As Its First Vertical Farming Platform; Launches CEA Study To Develop New Industry Standards

Agency will utilize AmplifiedAg’s advanced hydroponic container-based vertical farming platform to study crop production, food safety, market quality, and nutrition of produce grown in controlled agriculture environments

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