News About Farming in a Shipping Container
AmplifiedAg: Scalable Controlled Environment Agriculture
AmplifiedAg is a company specializing in Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), offering a comprehensive technology platform and utilizing indoor farming practices
Shipping Containers: A Sustainable Solution For Indoor Farming?
“Using shipping containers as the primary structure for indoor farms has numerous benefits compared to traditional implementations such as greenhouses and indoor farms”
ACTX Announces New Line of 'GrowPod' Controlled Environment Farms
Advanced Container Technologies, Inc, announced a new line of GrowPod Controlled Environment Farms to accommodate a wide range of customers and specialty plant cultivations. ACTX is the exclusive distributor of these systems, which were all designed and built by GP Solutions
Ai-Aided Shipping Containers May Help Communities Produce Crops Year-Round
Amidst the increasing threat of extreme weather events, some American plant growers have turned to using used shipping containers to make compact and versatile indoor farms to grow crops 365 days a year
VIDEO: Farming of The Future - From "Green Genetic Engineering" To Vertical Farms
Agriculture, as we know it today, is highly efficient. It feeds more people than at any time in history. But there is a catch: Food may fill our supermarkets, but it is pushing our planet to its limits
All About Yields
The problem is everyone describes their yields differently. Growing slots. Heads. Pounds per square meter. Units. This makes it difficult to compare equipment suppliers and discern what your reality will be once you start growing
How Freight Farms Is Innovating Urban Farming
Freight Farming is gaining popularity by the day. The innovative idea has taken hold in numerous countries across the globe, including areas where agriculture seemed impossible
Why Container Farms?
An analysis of the core business and planetary advantages of container farming as CEA infrastructure--from reduced carbon emissions in construction to capital and deployment efficiencies
CANADA: Fresh Vegetables Grow Year-Round At This Innovative Timmins Farm
Now, with advances in agricultural technology, it is possible to grow farm-fresh vegetables year-round, even in an urban area and a northern climate
Veganuary: Can Vertical Farming Help To Provide Alternative Protein?
Where for the month of January, people are encouraged to try out or adopt a vegan diet
Container Farms: Are They All Created Equal?
Whether you are building a container farm yourself or sourcing a turn-key farm from a supplier, the best option for you will depend on your goals
What Does Togetherness Look Like?
Farm from a Box provides the technology needed to strengthen local and regional food systems
UK Vertical Farming Company Gets A New Growing System
Powerplus Group have completed the build of a newly created container farm designed by LettUs Grow, a forward-thinking vertical farm supplier in the UK. LettUs Grow designs Aeroponic vertical farm equipment to use in research and commercial horticulture
Italy: Growing Nine Saffron Cycles A Year With A Container Farm
"We started with trials a few months ago, but after a thorough analysis of both the agronomy and the market with one of our customers, we are now ready to show the gathered results. These have exceeded our forecasts," Daniel affirms
ACTX Releases Forecast on Controlled Environment Agriculture Industry
Advanced Container Technologies, Inc (Ticker: ACTX), said the Controlled Environment Agriculture sector, which includes Vertical Farming and the company's own unique, portable indoor farms called GrowPods, have a bright future
20 Benefits of Hydroponic Farming
Hydroponic farming saves limited arable land by growing 4x the number of plants that can be grown in the same space as conventional farming
Russian Scientists Intend To Grow Vegetables In Antarctica
Researchers at the Vostok Antarctic base intend to grow watermelons and cucumbers this year, as reported by the Institute of Arctic and Antarctic Studies (AARI by its acronym in Russian)
London - United Kingdom - Crate to Plate
We thought we'd give you a look inside our Kentish Town Farm to see what we have growing right now
USA: North Carolina - Small But Mighty: 4 Things To Know About Wilmington-Grown Microgreens
When he started his business in 2016, he was growing microgreens in a townhouse. Now he has a shipping container for microgreens on the property he farms in Castle Hayne
Indoor Pod Garden Aims To Improve Fernie’s Food
WildSight Elk Valley is looking to bolster local food production with a container farm project on the horizon