News About Farming in a Shipping Container

Can Indoor Farms Reach Skyscraper Height?

A proposed Shenzhen skyscraper would include a 51-story hydroponic farm, as hopes grow that vertical farms can help address food insecurity

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nOURish Indoor Farm​ Expanding To Stratford

The farm is inside a freight container, which will be delivered to Stratford on Tuesday and should be ready to begin growing in mid-January, according to the town

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Brick Street Farms Unveils First Look At Urban farming Hubs

Brick Street Farms has revealed a rendering of what its green-energy urban farming hubs will look like. They will provide an all-inclusive onsite farming and retail location in urban cores

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VIDEO: Plant Scientist Harvests Success In An Antarctic Greenhouse

Bunchek spent the last year living and working with fellow researchers at the remote German Neumayer III Station, operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)

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Freight Farms Case Study - EEDEN FARMS Nassau, Bahamas

One of the most pressing issues island communities face is a lack of local food production due to space, climate, and weather restrictions. With an import food bill in the billions, Lincoln Deal was determined to bring a solution to his Bahamian community

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SOUTH KOREA: N.THING To Develop Functional Crops In The UAE

N.THING, the multi-award-winning Seoul-based agritech company, together with Smart Acres, the UAE's latest vertical farm, have officially announced their latest addition, a Research and Development (R&D) project with ten 40ft containers in Abu Dhabi, dedicated to launching nutritionally-enhanced functional crops to the UAE

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Square Roots Unveils New Brand Identity

Square Roots, a leading technology-enabled indoor farming company, today debuted a new brand identity that represents the company’s mission to responsibly bring locally grown food to people in cities around the world, all year round

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"We Try To Give All of Our Customers A Farm That Suits Their Needs" - FarmBox Inc:

“We believe the future lies in safe, fresh food produced locally to decrease food miles. That is why we turned to urban vertical farming, intending to cater to this sector by providing a platform,” Amir Imam, CEO of FarmBox Inc. states

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NASA Tests Next-Generation Indoor Farming To Feed Over 10 Bn People By 2050

After successfully establishing the first vertical farm, with plants grown through unconventional methods, NASA has launched a new generation of indoor farming

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$10m Investment In Geothermal Direct Use In Balikesir, Sindirgi, Turkey

As a result of the works started in 2009, 5,000 residences are heated with geothermal brought to the district with the 23-kilometer main pipe transmission line

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VIDEO: Vertical Farming: The Agricultural Revolution

Growing of agricultural or horticultural crops in vertical stacked layers inside a building under fully controlled-environment conditions, including climate, lighting and soilless farming techniques as hydroponics

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Square Roots Expands Produce Distribution Under Latest Deal With SpartanNash

With the latest SpartanNash distribution deal, Square Roots now supplies fresh produce to roughly 250 retail locations throughout the country, which also includes the likes of Whole Foods Market and Meijer

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UNITED KINGDOM: LettUs Grow Selected For GROW & Innovate UK’s Bespoke Program To Take British Agrifood Startups To Asia

Over the course of the next six months, the Global Incubator Programme will help the eight selected companies validate their market fit and co-develop an internationalization roadmap to establish their in-market presence in Asia

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