News About Farming in a Shipping Container

5 Suggestions For Starting A Vertical Farm

Starting a vertical farm can be an exciting and rewarding venture, but it also requires careful planning and research. Here are five suggestions to consider when starting a vertical farm

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TURKS & CAICOS: The Farm Restaurant At Seven Stars Resort & Spa To Open Soon

The new restaurant concept, which will be located on the corner of Grace Bay Road, just west of the Seven Stars Resort entrance, will showcase a collection of chef-curated herbs, greens and produce grown and managed by the culinary team in its on-site Freight Farms hydroponic farm

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A School Uses A Freight Farm For FFA Programming And Agriculture Education

Lessons on the parts of seeds, plants, and flowers and their functions and on plant reproduction are intermixed with students being tasked with identifying careers around plant science.

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ZipGrow: Changing The Future of Food

Eric Lang, Founder and President of ZipGrow Inc. in Cornwall has a philosophy that works well for him. “Embrace change and make it work,” he says with confidence

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Could A Container Farm Be The Right Choice For Your CEA Facility?

Agritecture Designer recently introduced a new modeling feature: the ability to design container farms. This method of farming has many advantages for the right farmer and is a great way for smaller operations to get off the ground because of the (typically) lower CapEx involved in opening the farm

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Pinduoduo Designs Soil-Free Farming Event: From Containers To Tables, Growing Lettuce Using AI

Pinduoduo, one of China’s largest e-commerce companies, is hosting the third Smart Agriculture Competition on Chongming Island in Shanghai. The competition challenges four finalist teams to grow high-quality lettuce in 90 days without sunlight or soil

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VIDEO: Ever Seen Saffron Grown Inside a Shipping Container?

Watch how this software engineer turned enthusiast farmer from Pune city earns lakhs by doing Kashmir saffron farming in a shipping container

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USA: COLORADO - Thinking Outside The Box by Farming Within It

FarmBox Foods LLC is on a mission to revolutionize farming. The small company, based out of Sedalia, repurposes shipping containers to grow food and fodder using highly efficient hydroponics

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Comparing Hydroponic Setups DWC VS. NFT

By the end of this blog, you’ll better understand the different types of systems and their advantages and disadvantages for you as an operator

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From A Mug of Lettuce To A Shipping Container Full. Dartmouth Hydroponics Operation Helping Tackle Food Security Challenges

“I discovered freight farms when I saw a video about the Square Roots project in Brooklyn highlighting the technology and capabilities of growing food in a shipping container. I had no prior knowledge of this growing system before, but I saw a need in the community.”

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Pune Software Engineer Uses Hydroponics To Grow  Saffron In Shipping Container

“I came up with the idea of using shipping containers to develop controlled environments, where crops can be grown. I went to Mumbai, bought a shipping container for Rs 5 lakh, and had it shipped to Pune. The reason behind using a shipping container is that they are very good insulators,” he explains

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United Kingdom: Brands To Buycott - Crate To Plate

Repurposing shipping containers is nothing new in London – we’ve got mini-malls and food courts in Boxpark and offices in Containerville – and now with Crate to Plate, farms can be added to that list

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Minister Josephine Connolly Visits Primitive Greens Farm In Cayman Islands

A container farm, or freight farm, is a climate-controlled hydroponic farm with a vertical farming system built inside a shipping container that produces a variety of leafy greens

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Shipping Container Ice-Cream Concept Proves Popular At Community College

Shipping container concepts have been popping up on college campuses over the past several years. Colorado State chose to house one of its micro-restaurants inside a shipping container, while Auburn University and Georgia State University have utilized the containers for hydroponic farms

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