News About Farming in a Shipping Container

Atarraya's Shrimpbox Farms Usher in the Future of Protein at Economist's Impact 9th Sustainability Week

Experience the future of sustainable protein with Atarraya at Economist Impact's 9th Annual Sustainability Week. Discover how our Shrimpbox Farms are redefining urban shrimp farming for a cleaner, local, and responsible protein future

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Brick Street Farms is on TV

Jimmy heads to the Tampa, Clearwater, and of course, St.Pete, where he stopped by our hydroponic farm and chatted with Briant and Brad and got up close and personal with the future of farming

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Is Controlled Environment Agriculture Investable Today?

In the world of M&A, Freight Farms, the leading seller of container farms in North America, has entered into a merger agreement with Agrinam Acquisition Corp. to go public via SPAC

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Shipping Container Farms: Cultivating The Future of Agriculture

The concept of shipping container farms emerges as a beacon of hope and innovation as conventional farming methods face challenges such as land scarcity, water shortages, and the impact of climate change

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EmPOWERED To Serve Business Accelerator™ Awards $72K To Maryland Black Farmers

Geb-ra Organics, a startup that aims to build an Aquaponics farming complex in Baltimore using recycled shipping containers, with a public and private school system training program, won first place and $35,000 in grant funding

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New Black-Owned Freight Farm In Rural Minnesota To Tackle Food Insecurity, Health Inequities

In February, Route 1 will place its first Freight Farm in the rural community of Loretto, population 650. It will be the first Black-owned freight farm in Minnesota.  “It allows the farmer..to take these farms and really place them wherever the need exists,” Carpenter told the Daily Yonder

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NIU Adds “Hydropod” Vertical Farming System to Edible Campus Project

In early December, a special delivery arrived behind NIU’s Anderson Hall. The 40-foot-by-8-foot box may look like a standard shipping container, but inside you’ll find a complete, self-contained hydroponic farming system

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Masdar City Launches Smart Vertical Farm With AgriTech Firm In Food Security Push

The vertical farm will be housed in two repurposed shipping containers near Masdar City’s Eco-Plaza, the first of which is already up and running, with plans to expand the second in the coming year

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CT DoAg Awards $2.8 Million Investing In 53 Farm-to-School-Based Projects

The eight shipping container growing unit awardees include: High Ridge Hydroponics, LLC, Norwalk - Thy Neighbors Farm, Torrington - Groton Public Schools, Groton - Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, Mashantucket - High School in the Community, New Haven - Seacoast Mushrooms, Mystic - Keney Park Sustainability Project, Windsor - DeFrancesco and Son Inc., Northford

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Benefits of Shipping Container Farms

Indoor farms have become one of the latest trends to be gripped by the craze of transforming the humble shipping container for a brand new purpose other than transportation or storage

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4 Main Benefits of Shipping Container Farming

There are many options for interior farming, such as greenhouses or climate-controlled tents. However, a popular trend in the agricultural world is utilizing shipping containers

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