News About Farming in a Shipping Container
Container Farming: Exploring A New Sustainable Agriculture Model
Container agriculture is a sustainable agriculture, and agricultural planting inside containers is very convenient as long as electricity and water are available
Seven Stars Resort & Spa’s Newest Restaurant ‘The Farm’ Is Opened In Grace Bay
The Farm started when we got our freight farm and when it was delivered on-site we said, you know what, why don’t we just build a restaurant onto the freight farm
Under “Food Apartheid,” Urban Farms Are More Important Than Ever
But BIPOC urban farmers continue to face unique challenges—including inequitable access to land and loans
VIDEO: Revolutionizing Agriculture: Vertical Farming Is Changing The Game | Zale Tabakman | EP #1
In the video, Zale Tabakman, President of Local Grown Salads and vertical farming expert, discusses the ins and outs of the vertical farming industry
Laredo Shipping Container Farm Places Second In National Contest
They feel it helps showcase their cause, as they prepare to make their shipping container farm fully operational in the next few weeks for the community
USA - MISSOURI - Coming Soon To IGNITE Pathways In Woodbine - Farm-In-A-Box Means Fresh Local Greens Year-Round
The high-tech farm, called The Greenery, is housed in an 8-foot-by-40-foot shipping container designed and built by Freight Farms of Boston, Massachusetts
'People Have Lost The Connection With Food': Indoor Farm Hopes to Bring Fresh, Sustainable Products to Wisconsin, Northern Illinois
Founded in 2016 by Kimbal Musk, Elon's brother, and Tobias Peggs, Square Roots mission is to bring sustainable, freshly-farmed products to urban areas. The indoor farms are set up inside shipping-containers and take just 3-4 months of construction before they can be up and running
New Start-Up Grows Saffron In Shipping Containers
Using hydroponic technology, a start-up out of India is revolutionizing how this rare spice is grown
Compare Different Types of Container Farms With Agritecture Designer's New Templates
With Agritecture Designer, our data-backed farm-planning platform, you can plan the farm of your dreams and get started on your controlled environment agriculture (CEA) journey
Modular Farming For Hyperlocal
I recently had the opportunity to Zoom with Freight Farms CEO Rick Vanzura, whose resume includes executive positions at Panera Bread, Wahlburgers, and Borders bookstores
AlfaTech (SG) Becomes Integration And Service Partner of Urban Crop Solutions For South East Asia
Urban Crop Solutions has since 2014, been active in the engineering, procurement, and construction of indoor vertical farming solutions for a broad spectrum of applications
VIDEO: Minnesota: Urban Farm Grows Fresh Greens For Restaurants, Residents
Restaurants looking for locally-grown, fresh produce during the winter months must turn to a different type of farm, one in which the complete growing system is in a climate-controlled box
USA: ARIZONA - VIDEO - Container Farm Pilot Shows Promising Signs
Biosphere 2 has recently started a pilot program with a hydroponic farm in a container unit called Freight Farms, and program leaders hope to use agrivoltaics solar panels to save energy
FarmBox Foods Joins the International Phytobiomes Alliance
Colorado-based FarmBox Foods takes upcycled shipping containers and transforms them into controlled-climate container farms in which mushrooms, leafy greens, culinary herbs, micro greens, peppers, fodder, and other plants can be sustainably grown
Aeroponic Container Farm Lifecycle Analysis: Aeroponics Can Reduce The Impact of Fresh Produce vs Imports
The research paper explores the environmental credentials of our DROP & GROW container farms and their role in sustainable food systems
Freight Farms CEO: Vertical Farming Vexed by High Wnergy Costs But Renewables Offer Refuge
FoodIngredientsFirst sits down with Rick Vanzura, CEO of Freight Farms, to understand how energy is at the root of the sector’s problems and what can be done to overcome the problem
USA - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MGM-Funded ‘Urban Farm’ Addresses Food Insecurity In Historic Westside
The development was secured through a public-private partnership involving MGM Resorts International, which donated $500,000 to the City of Las Vegas for the purchase of two climate-controlled hydroponics containers that grow produce, house plants and flowers year-round
Freight Farm Provides Students With Fresh Food And Community
Students at Vernon Hill School in Worcester, Mass., are growing a variety of fresh foods thanks to a new hydroponic freight farm installed at the school
Renewably Powered Aeroponic Shipping Container Farms For Greener Produce
Aeroponic container farms are a new method of farming that use a soilless technique to grow crops in a controlled environment
In A Farm Made Up of 20 Shipping Containers, 2.4 million Containers of Greens Grow Each Year
Opened in 2022, the Kenosha location sits within 20 shipping containers adjacent to partner Gordon Foods’ distribution center. It is near the highway and multiple other distribution centers close to the Illinois border, including Amazon and Meijer