News About Farming in a Shipping Container

ACTX Announces New Line of 'GrowPod' Controlled Environment Farms

Advanced Container Technologies, Inc, announced a new line of GrowPod Controlled Environment Farms to accommodate a wide range of customers and specialty plant cultivations. ACTX is the exclusive distributor of these systems, which were all designed and built by GP Solutions

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Ai-Aided Shipping Containers May Help Communities Produce Crops Year-Round

Amidst the increasing threat of extreme weather events, some American plant growers have turned to using used shipping containers to make compact and versatile indoor farms to grow crops 365 days a year

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VIDEO: Farming of The Future - From "Green Genetic Engineering" To Vertical Farms

Agriculture, as we know it today, is highly efficient. It feeds more people than at any time in history. But there is a catch: Food may fill our supermarkets, but it is pushing our planet to its limits

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All About Yields

The problem is everyone describes their yields differently. Growing slots. Heads. Pounds per square meter. Units. This makes it difficult to compare equipment suppliers and discern what your reality will be once you start growing

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How Freight Farms Is Innovating Urban Farming

Freight Farming is gaining popularity by the day. The innovative idea has taken hold in numerous countries across the globe, including areas where agriculture seemed impossible

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Why Container Farms?

An analysis of the core business and planetary advantages of container farming as CEA infrastructure--from reduced carbon emissions in construction to capital and deployment efficiencies

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Container Farms: Are They All Created Equal?

Whether you are building a container farm yourself or sourcing a turn-key farm from a supplier, the best option for you will depend on your goals

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Italy: Growing Nine Saffron Cycles A Year With A Container Farm

"We started with trials a few months ago, but after a thorough analysis of both the agronomy and the market with one of our customers, we are now ready to show the gathered results. These have exceeded our forecasts," Daniel affirms

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ACTX Releases Forecast on Controlled Environment Agriculture Industry

Advanced Container Technologies, Inc (Ticker: ACTX), said the Controlled Environment Agriculture sector, which includes Vertical Farming and the company's own unique, portable indoor farms called GrowPods, have a bright future

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20 Benefits of Hydroponic Farming

Hydroponic farming saves limited arable land by growing 4x the number of plants that can be grown in the same space as conventional farming

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Russian Scientists Intend To Grow Vegetables In Antarctica

Researchers at the Vostok Antarctic base intend to grow watermelons and cucumbers this year, as reported by the Institute of Arctic and Antarctic Studies (AARI by its acronym in Russian)

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USA: North Carolina - Small But Mighty: 4 Things To Know About Wilmington-Grown Microgreens

When he started his business in 2016, he was growing microgreens in a townhouse. Now he has a shipping container for microgreens on the property he farms in Castle Hayne

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UK: Vertically Urban And LettUs Grow Partner With University of York

Housed in one of LettUs Grow's state-of-the-art DROP & GROW™ container farms, Grow It York sits at the heart of the city as part of an outdoor community space called SPARK

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Tomato Hydroponic System To Make Debut At Fruit Logistica, Berlin

The focus of the Tomato+ stand is Horto Professional, the vertical farming system for professional farming. Horto Professional takes up the space of a container and only requires a connection to the water and electricity network

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