News About Farming in a Shipping Container

Bridgeport Hydroponic Farm To Receive $1 Million Federal Grant

The farm, which was previously announced early in 2021, would consist of shipping containers where produce would be grown using hydroponics, where plants are grown using a mixture of nutrients in water instead of soil. The process can lead to much faster harvesting times

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Container Farm Solution Appreciated By Norway And Arab Countries

"We raised the interest of several entrepreneurs. Our Demetra solution for vertical farming in disused and repurposed containers has received great interest at Fruit Logistica," said Daniele Bertocchi with Greatit.

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Are Indoor Farms The Future Of The Midwest?

Health is wealth. Smart farm innovator Square Roots and Gordon Food Services have teamed up to bring their fourth "smart farm" to central Ohio, along with heaps of healthy produce. The new Springfield facility plans to open its doors this summer

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Better Origin Banks $16m In Balderton-Led Series A For Its AI Insect Mini-Farms

Founded in 2015, Better Origin builds AI-powered insect “mini-farms” in shipping containers, which egg farmers can deploy on-site to upcycle agrifood waste into animal feed

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Kenosha Shipping Container Farm Offers Innovative Way To Bring Fresh Greens, Herbs To Area Year-Round

“Our partnership with Gordon Food Service, combined with our modular, smart-farm platform, means we can rapidly deploy new indoor farms in strategically located cities like Kenosha,” said Peggs, who is also Square Roots’ CEO

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Hydroponic Farm Provides Hyper-Local Organic Produce For Crawford County Residents

“A high tide raises all boats in the harbor,” says Brad Fourby, owner and operator of Leafy Green Farms LLC in Pittsburg, Kansas. That’s the way he’s been operating his business since he launched it in 2020. He has been using his ideas and expertise to benefit the residents of Pittsburg and surrounding areas

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French Urban Farmers Agricool Placed In Receivership After Funding Round Failure

Founded in 2015 by Guillaume Fourdinier & Gonzague Gru, Agricool was reputed throughout the country for its strawberries grown in containers (even delivering a container in Dubai, UAE)

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Falcon Structures Assists Indoor Farming Leader Square Roots With New Farm

Square Roots is a technology leader in indoor farming with a mission to responsibly bring its locally grown food to people in cities around the world, all year round

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Kenosha Shipping Container Farm Offers Innovative Way To Bring Fresh Greens, Herbs To Area Year-Round

Tucked away on an industrial lot east of the Kilbourne ditch and north of the Kenosha Regional Airport is a unique farm that will soon deliver lush herbs and salad greens to local restaurants and grocery stores year round and often on the day they’re picked

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CSUN To Shorten Distance Between Farm to Table With Freight Farming

California State University, Northridge has launched a new initiative to shorten the distance from farm to table by growing its own produce using a new form of agriculture

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Building Food Sovereignty On Pine Ridge Reservation

Rebel Earth is an experimental farm: a place where new ideas and technologies can be tested and adapted to fit the Lakota culture and the Northern Great Plains ecosystem

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6 Steps To Becoming A Container Farmer

Vertical container farming is on the up. Continuing pressure on UK growers to diversify their crops, rewild their land and use greener growing practices means that utilising the economic and environmental benefits of vertical farming is more popular than ever

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