News About Farming in a Shipping Container
CANADA: Do You Have Plans To Attend OFNEDA's Conference Next Week? Because If You Do, We'll See You There!
P.S. Say hello if you see us in the crowd!
Day In A Life of A Grower: Growing
Have you ever wondered if you have what it takes to grow food year-round using hydroponics?
USA: NEW YORK - Farm Operator In Ellicottville Seeks Tax Breaks Help To Grow Fresh Greens
Ellicottville Greens, which was founded in 2019 by CEO Gabriel Bialkowski, wants to provide affordable and high-quality produce to consumers in economically distressed areas, where there are concerns about access to fresh foods
AUSTRIA: Vertical Farming: Billa Is Now Growing Lettuce In The Parking Lot In Vienna
According to Billa, around 2,000 to 3,000 "units" can be produced per month in a vertical farming container - currently parsley, basil, coriander, oak leaf lettuce and lollo lettuce, which are sold (from mid/end of August) with pressed earth cubes
Growing Farms One Converted Shipping Container At A Time
An 8-by-40-foot Freight Farms container is handled by a crane. The shipping containers are converted into self-contained, hydroponic farms that use LED lights
VIDEO: Indy-Based Urban Farmer Goes High Tech
The east side of Indianapolis doesn’t exactly have a lot of land for developing acres of produce. DeMario Vitalis had to get creative farming three and a half acres inside shipping containers
Monty Tech Grows Hydroponic Produce For School Cafeteria Inside A Shipping Crate
Freight Farms is a Boston-based agricultural technology company founded in 2011. The first container farm prototype was built at Clark University in Worcester
Modular Hydroponic Farms Like GrowPods Can Offer Security In Recessions
Small Business Trends News reported that the agriculture industry is one of the most recession-proof sectors due to the fact that everyone still needs food to live. "It is not a luxury that can be put aside during difficult times, so businesses in this sector can continue to do well even during a recession."
Innovative " Freight Farm" Improves Fresh Produce Access In Central Florida Community
AdventHealth Celebration is prioritizing nutrition and sustainability through a new innovative program. Recently, team members at the campus celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for what’s known as a “freight farm.”
Agritech Start-Up Launches New Digital Farmers’ Market In Zambia - Plans Expansion To Five Countries And Network of Container Farms
Beyond the Hrvst marketplace, Aiponics is also building a container-based aquaponic farm franchise model. The team plans to train local marketeers and young farmers in aquaponics to create additional local capacity and empower more people to get out of poverty
Farming Anywhere, Anytime: How Tulima Farms Plans To Revolutionize Egypt’s Agriculture
Working with Freight Farms, the world’s most productive hydroponic shipping container farm, Tulima has two mobile 40-foot (67.7 cubic meters) shipping containers that were transformed into a full farm from seed to harvest, and grows leafy greens and herbs such as basil, mint, spinach, baby spinach, kale, lettuce, and arugula
VIDEO: A Moveable Feast: Container Farming May Be A Solution To US Food Deserts
Even near some of the busiest cities in the United States, nearly 54 million people have a tough time accessing fresh and healthy food, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. One company based in a Denver suburb said they have a solution
The Future of Vertical Farming
The latest market analysis report titled "Vertical Farming Market by Crop Type and Geography — Forecast and Analysis 2022-2026," predicts the market to witness a potential growth difference of $6.70 billion from 2021 to 2026
Cambridge Trust Provides $12 Million Debt Facility To support Freight Farms' Growth
With a talented management team and well-designed products serving a critical need, we believe Freight Farms is poised to transform agriculture over the years ahead as sustainability and access to quality produce become ever more important."
Lettuce Shortage Becoming A Global Crisis
Transportable hydroponic farms like GrowPods can help provide immediate and permanent solutions to worldwide food shortages
Mobile Farmers Market Sees Skyrocketing Demand Due To Food Insecurity, Rising Grocery Prices
Urban Growers Collective’s Fresh Moves runs five days a week and makes several stops — all at least an hour — at locations across the city’s South and West sides, including South Chicago, Avalon Park, Englewood, and Fuller Park
USA - CALIFORNIA: CSUN Students Grow Robust Vegetable Crops Inside A Freight Container
Freight Farms containers are used in 38 countries and all but one hold-out state in the U.S. “We are fighting mightily to get into North Dakota,” Vanzura said. “I think we are getting close
VIDEO: It's Not Too Late: The Future of Farming?
ABC News’ Ginger Zee reports on what could be an important part of the future of farming and how possible solutions for food scarcity may lie inside shipping containers
King Tide Farms Offers Unusual Greens
What grows inside King Tide’s shipping container will be different from what other local hydroponic farm Vertical Roots is growing, Horne said
Bringing Food Production Indoors: Some Examples
Last month the Indoor Agtech Innovation Summit was held in New York City. It featured the technologies and businesses associated with “Controlled Environment Agriculture,” or CEA which includes everything from greenhouses that still utilize sunlight to “vertical farms” that are completely independent of the outdoor environment