News About Farming in a Shipping Container

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

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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

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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

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Modular Hydroponic Farms From ACTX Can Turn Anyone Into A Farmer

GrowPods can be placed virtually anywhere and can grow the equivalent of three acres of traditional farmland in an automated environment that can be controlled and monitored remotely

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Entrepreneurs Serve Up Farm Fresh From Florida

Hydroponic farming in converted shipping containers is the basis of this entrepreneurial business launched by Shannon O’Malley and her husband Brad Doyle in 2016 in this Pinellas County community nestled between Tampa Bay and the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico.

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Feeding And Teaching The Future

The Growcer, uses hydroponics (nutrient-rich water instead of soil and special plant lights instead of sun) and stacks plants to grow more lettuce, kale, spinach, and herbs in smaller spaces

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What Are The Benefits of Container Farming?

Container farms allow people to connect their community to produce that is healthy and fresh - where food travels for minutes, not miles

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Freight Farms Hires Ralph de Vries For Business Development And Senior Board Advisor

Freight Farms, a Boston-based company in the US, hired Ralph de Vries as their newest Business development and Senior board advisor for Europe

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USA: PITTSBURGH, PA - Elizabeth Forward's Freight Farm Grows Enthusiasm For Science

Environmental Science is suddenly a destination course now that Elizabeth Forward High School is the proud owner of a Freight Farm, thanks to a $140,000 grant from the Hillman Foundation

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Metro Grand Rapids, Detroit Selected For Expanded Federal Urban Agriculture Program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday announced that both metropolitan Grand Rapids and Detroit are among six new locations for Farm Service Agency urban county committees

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PODCAST: From Shipping Container To Kitchen With B3 Roots

In this episode of the Direct Farm Podcast, we get an education from Blake Bennett of B3 Roots about "container farms", hydroponic systems, and creating sustainable agricultural practices with technology

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US (TX): CEA Advisors Partners With Celebrity Chef To Build Hybrid Facility

Glenn Behrman, President of CEA Advisors, is a 50-year veteran of the horticulture industry. He and Franchesca became friends a few years ago when they unsuccessfully attempted to place a Growtainer next to Dive Coastal in Snider Plaza

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A Container Farm Is The Perfect Platform

Described as “the perfect platform for making access to local food possible anywhere in the world, 365 days a year”, a container farm can operate in virtually any location; from the densest of cities to the remote, harsh environments of food deserts

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Container Farm Allows Growers To Cultivate 14 Different Gourmet Mushrooms

We can grow 14 different strains of gourmet mushrooms in our container farms, with 3-4 strains per container and up to 2,000 lbs of mushrooms per 20-ft container per month, depending on the strain

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