News About Farming in Shipping Containers & Limited Indoor Spaces

Urban Farming Startup Square Roots Abruptly Shutters Shepherdsville, Ky. Facility

Co-founded by Kimbal Musk, the brother of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Square Roots grabbed headlines for its model of refurbishing shipping containers into vertical farms that use artificial light and a controlled environment to grow greens like basil, cilantro, and parsley

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US: Planted Detroit Closes Doors And Square Roots' Kenosha Farm Pauses Commercial Production

The release stated, "In the past month, Planted Detroit, like much of the CEA industry, faced investment turbulence and funding constraints. Despite the company's efforts to drive sales, cut costs, and secure investments, these challenges could not be overcome."

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USA: NEW YORK - Cubic Acres Secures Funding To Expand "Seed To Salad" Initiative To Grow 3 Million Heads of Lettuce For New York

The partnership will begin with the construction of a fully automated state-of-the-art vertical farming facility - the first of its kind for Long Island - slated to yield one million heads of lettuce annually

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Thirsty Roots Farm

The Kerr family stands outside the Thirsty Roots Farm shipping container. Pictured left to right, front to back: Maggie Kerr, Nancy Kerr, Jarod Kerr, and Jim Kerr

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7 Reasons Why Shipping Containers Can Be The Best Way To Grow Hemp or Cannabis

Advanced Container Technologies, Inc. (Ticker: ACTX), announced its GrowPods – uniquely designed controlled environment farms built into specially outfitted shipping containers, can help growers achieve better outcomes with more robust harvests

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Vertical Farming Points To Future Agriculture, Set To Inject Impetus To China’s Food Security Drive

Inside several containers located in a vertical farming research center in Shanghai, crops are growing rapidly. Without natural sunlight and soil, they are grown in an indoor space - a micro greenhouse measuring no more than 20 square meters

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Q & A With Farm AnyWhere

FarmAnywhere is a manufacturer and innovator in the field of agricultural equipment. Primarily, we build container farms. However, recently we’ve been developing and releasing our line of agricultural equipment for the traditional CEA (Controlled Environment Agriculture) market

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Boston Company Creates Vertical Farms In Containers That Can Be Moved Anywhere In The World

To date, Freight Farms has experimented in-house with more than 500 different varieties of crops. “It is made up of two areas, the first where the seeds germinate and the second where they receive nutrients and grow,” he explained. Robbie DiMinico, Manager of Brand Engagement & Strategy, Freight Farms

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Top 7 Questions Boys & Girls Clubs Have About Freight Farms

We provide training before you start farming. Either: Farm Camp: Training in a group setting at our headquarters with other new Freight Farmers. Or, On-Site Launch: At your location, with you, your farm operator, Club educators, and any other stakeholders, our team helps you launch your farm and trains you in operating it

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USA-KENTUCKY: Funding Students’ Futures: Floyd County Uses ESSER Funding To Invest In Agricultural Facility

The container farm now rests on the FCSI campus, a collaborative effort between Floyd County schools and Freight Farms. Freight Farms began its operations in 2013 by focusing primarily on urban agriculture, but later expanding to focus on agriculture technology across landscapes

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Ag Weekly: When A Farm Isn’t A Farm

Believe it or not, there’s three acres of produce growing in a parking lot in Lyons Falls. They’re inside a 500-foot shipping container. “Humblebee Farms is classified as a vertical hydroponic farm and we grow lettuce, leafy greens, vegetables, edible flowers,” owner Brandon Cunningham said

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Freight Farms Partners With Local Line To Empower New Farmers

Ontario-based Local Line, founded in 2015, aims to assist existing and aspiring farmers on their path to profitable farming. The platform offers a range of features, such as price lists for different customer segments, inventory management, invoicing, and payment options – all designed to help farmers grow their businesses or kickstart their operations

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USA - WISCONSIN - VIDEO: Square Roots Kenosha Uses New Farming Techniques To Reduce Food Deserts

Don't let its compact size fool you -- this farm is putting out a lot of produce. Walking through the Square Roots facility in Kenosha only takes a minute or two – it’s 20 shipping containers stacked on top of each other

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USA - CALIFORNIA: Impello Biosciences Partners With Morgan Hill Unified School District To Enhance Student Nutrition Program

Impello's advanced biostimulants help us boost crop yields, quality, and resilience within our Freight Farms and greenhouses, directly benefiting students with more nutritious and flavorful produce in their free meals provided by MHUSD

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USA - KANSAS - FFA Members Peer Into Future of Agriculture At Pittsburg Hydroponic Farm

Their enthusiasm, their excitement just tell us that agriculture is a viable business and a viable industry for the youth and you just have to grab their attention, show them something different, that they’re not going to be on a farm in 120 degrees weather day they’re going to be working in 69 degrees inside on their smartphones growing food,” said Fourby

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