News About Farming in a Shipping Container
VIDEO: Food Bank To Grow Produce With New Freight Farm
The freight farm is coming from a Boston-based company. Organizers hope it will reduce the food bank’s reliance on donations.
How Container Farming Benefits Correctional Facilities
Container farming is an innovative farming method with tremendous potential for addressing various challenges, including reducing recidivism rates in correctional facilities. Recidivism, the tendency of individuals to relapse into criminal behavior after release
Greenwich Country Day School Grew Too Much Lettuce. Here's What They Want To Do With It.
Students have been using the hydroponic growing technique in the 8-by-40-foot trailer, growing plants using a water-based nutrient solution rather than soil
USA: Oklahoma - PSO Announces $100,000 AEP Foundation Grant To Combat Food Deserts Through Food On The Move
Food On The Move’s Urban Farm will produce more than 150,000 pounds of fresh produce every year. The nonprofit founded by Tulsa musician Taylor Hanson will give away a portion of the food through monthly Community Food and Resource Festivals and sell the remainder to Oasis Fresh Market and other local vendors
AIO Food Pantry Partnership Raises More Than $6,000 To Implement Year-Round Hydroponic Growing
“In a nutshell, a Freight Farm marries an idea from one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World – the Hanging Gardens of Babylon – with innovative modern technology – LED lighting, water pumping, computer software, insulation, and HVAC equipment,” said AIO, in a news release
Canada: Growcer Modular Farming System In Osoyoos Growing Closer To Green Lite
A plan to install a Growcer modular farming system on a property in Osoyoos has received preliminary approval from the council
Mural By Indigenous Artist Kyle Joedicke Latest In Huntsville Good Food Co-op's Commitment To Reconciliation
“The 40-foot container wall was calling for a design with colour, with plant life and with a story that creates happiness,” said Kelli Ebbs who had been following Joedicke’s work “for some time, absolutely loving his style, his graciousness and his connection to his works.”
Transforming Shipping Containers Into Hyperlocal Food Systems
Hear Mary Kathryn's passionate discourse on the hard work and dedication it takes to bring to life a hyperlocal food system. We traverse the unique intricacies of setting up a container farm, and the importance of harnessing the power of partnerships in this sector
Brick Street Farms: Bringing Farm To Fork In Urban Communities
Today, 20 farm containers are at their hub on 20th Street S; another, at Publix in Lakeland. This equals what 65-70 acres of farmland could produce per month. A retail store at the St. Pete location offers local meat, eggs and milk in addition to the lettuce, herbs, and microgreens Brick Street grows
Why Grow Leafy Greens?
In this guest submission, Madalyn Higgins, dietitian and sustainability manager at Acadia University makes the case for leafy greens. Hydroponic farms are mainly used to grow leafy greens - but what makes this so great?
NORTH AMERICA: La Sierra University To Launch Ten New Academic Programs This Fall
Toward moving the university into the expanding sustainability field, La Sierra, in 2022, began developing a sustainability park complete with an off-grid experimental geodesic dome, greenhouse, and two environmentally-controlled, technologically outfitted shipping containers for Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) developed by Freight Farms, an urban farming company
USA - ALABAMA - VIDEO: Chickasaw City Schools Receives Hydroponic Container For Agriculture Program
It works by using a shipping container like this to grow the vegetables. There’s no soil, just water. And it’s inside, which will keep crops safe from the weather. (WALA)
Mushroom Farming Gets AI Boost From Waterloo Startup
Mycro Harvest starts with a shipping container and adds affordable automation alongside AI monitoring to grow mushrooms at scale
US: “Container Farms Seemed To Be The Most Predictable”
"We changed our seed varieties a few times at first to get the exact mix we wanted. Today, we easily harvest 1,000 to 1,100 pounds every time on a 21-24 day cycle," says Thomas Gram, Pure Farms' Head grower and Co-founder.
Saudi Arabia: New Climate Control System Delivered To Indoor Farm
Urban Crop Solutions' strength lies in the tailored approach that it brings to every project. It does not bring a one-size-fits-all offer, but instead, its process engineers listen to their customers and use their in-house knowledge, expertise, and tools to develop a tailor-made solution for every project
Federal Funding Opportunities For Indoor Agriculture: A Comprehensive Guide For Entrepreneurs And Organizations
Ceres Greenhouse Solutions has prepared an informative and downloadable PDF that will explore the various federal funding options available to clients looking to start or expand indoor agriculture projects who are seeking funding that they can qualify for and apply towards indoor agriculture costs
St. Vrain Valley Schools Wins Award For Nutrition Services
These initiatives include a FarmBox hydroponic storage container farm; a student-led leafy greens food service business and hyper-local salad bars featuring produce from local farming partners.
Hydroponics Bringing The Farm To Denver With New Market
Lemon basil so fresh it tastes like Froot Loops, chocolate mint, orange thyme, and 49 other plant varieties all grown from indoor vertical towers. This is just the start for Farm and Market, the new market and restaurant opening up in RiNo in mid-September
ACTX Is Improving Food Traceability And Safety Through Controlled Environment Agriculture
The compact and modular design of GrowPods enables year-round cultivation, allowing farmers to cultivate fresh produce regardless of geographical constraints or seasonal limitations
Vertical Farming: A Tech-Driven Approach To Feed The World
This innovative approach to agriculture is a radical departure from traditional farming methods, leveraging technology to cultivate crops in vertically stacked layers, often in controlled environments such as buildings, shipping containers, or skyscrapers