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
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
King Tide Farms Offers Unusual Greens
What grows inside King Tide’s shipping container will be different from what other local hydroponic farm Vertical Roots is growing, Horne said
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
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
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.
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
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
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
VIDEO: United Kingdom: Introducing Signal Box Farm – Bringing Vertical Growing To Splott!
We’re so pleased to introduce one of the new residents in the BoneYard containers at Railway Gardens: Urban-Vertical CIC
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
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
USA: UTAH - Ogden Restaurateur Sees Green — Lettuce, Cost Savings — In Container Farm
The Ogden Produce Co. container was manufactured by Freight Farms, which makes them already equipped with the lighting, temperature controls, and technology needed to garden
VIDEO: Soof Azani And Lir Braverman Propose Collapsible Solar-Powered Like For Last-Mile Deliveries
"D50 is a new means of transportation, with the ability to disassemble and assemble quickly, thus enabling cheap and safe delivery to anywhere in the world
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
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
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
Mary Scala, Co-Founder, The Gatherer At Freight to Plate
The MasterClass is a 2-day deep dive into how you can unlock hyper-local food production in urban and rural settings through amazing #agtech
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