News About Farming in a Shipping Container
USA: KENTUCKY - Bullitt County Company Growing Herbs, Greens Inside Repurposed Shipping Containers
A Shepherdsville company is vertically farming with the help of 20 repurposed shipping containers. It's called Square Roots, a tech-based farm company that grows herbs and micro greens in a fraction of the time as traditional farming
VIDEO: USA - Denver Restaurant Using Shipping Container To Grow Fresh Greens
Using vertical hydroponics and a fraction of the water used in traditional farming, Vital Roots in north Denver grows lettuces and herbs inside a shipping container
VIDEO: USA - King Tides Farms - Charleston, South Carolina
They grow artisanal lettuces, unusual leafy greens, exotic herbs, and all varieties of microgreens. Each plant can be traced from seeding to eating and is delivered within hours of harvesting
AdventHealth Celebration’s Shipping Container Garden Provides Green Dividend
The hospital eventually partnered with Freight Farms, which provides 40-foot shipping containers tricked out to grow greens vertically and hydroponically
Complete Guide To A Shipping Container Aquaponics System
Shipping container aquaponics is an alternative urban environment created for the production of growing crops
VIDEO: Bolton, Connecticut - Farm-a-Leaf
Our Mission: to provide the highest quality local produce and service in every season
VIDEO: Muskoka Grocery Co-Op Takes Unique Approach To Tackling Food Insecurity
A not-for-profit grocery cooperative in Muskoka is taking a unique approach to ease the burden of food insecurity by providing fresh produce year-round with a new hydroponic modular farm
What Does It Take To Make A Modular Vertical Farm Wheelchair Accessible?
Vertical farms can be narrow spaces with many hard-to-reach corners making it difficult for those with mobility needs to be an operator
CANADA: Gourmet Mushroom Business Doesn't Need Much Room For Growth In Summerside
Deep inside the industrial park in Summerside, P.E.I., is a row of shipping containers. At any given time, one of the containers is full of fungi — king oyster, cinnamon cap, lion's mane, and blue oyster mushrooms among them
VIDEO: NORTH CAROLINA - Raleigh Shipping Container Growing Vertical Farm
Nanue’s Farm and Freight Farms will hold a pop-up open house on Friday from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Those who attend can get a tour and sample fresh produce. For more information on the pop-up event and registration, click here.
CANADA - Huntsville's Good Food Co-Op Grows - $138K Grant Into Nutrient-Rich Food
Shipping containers year round. “The growing technology was first deployed in food insecure, remote communities, but has since expanded to partner with schools, non-profits, and non-remote communities who see value in growing food locally — like Squamish Nation,” according to a Toronto Star article
FLORIDA: Made In Tampa Bay: Brick Street Farms
Shannon O’Malley’s sustainable urban farm in Downtown St. Pete uses less water and land to produce lettuce, arugula, and other greens for Tampa Bay’s booming restaurant scene—and for your kitchen table
VIDEO: Urban Farmer Thinks ‘Inside The Box,’ Grows Greens Inside Shipping Containers
Urban farmer DeMario Vitalis, of New Age Provisions in downtown Indianapolis, Ind., is leveraging the science of hydroponics to grow and sell unique, organic produce in an even-more-unique growing environment
COLORADO: Edible Beats Restaurant Announces Hydroponic Farms At Vital Root
Edible Beats, the 100% Employee-Owned Denver-based restaurant group founded by Chef Justin Cucci, has announced the installation of a Hydroponic FarmBox by Colorado-based FarmBox Foods in the backyard of their plant-based Denver staple, Vital Root
CANADA: Hudson Bay Couple Cultivates Local Produce With Hydroponics
An old elementary school in Hudson Bay has been transformed into a hydroponic farming facility that provides fresh vegetables all year
UNITED KINGDOM: Vertical Farming Comes To Chiswick
Greenhaus Farms is a small start-up company which has a shipping container full of plants in the car park at Chiswick Business Park. Harrison Pritchard and his two co-founders Nick Stace and Georgie Harper-Wilde have been operating there since last September. This is their pilot scheme, and if all goes well they are hoping to expand across London and throughout the UK
VIDEO - The Future of Food - 7 - Vertical Farming: Thinking Inside The Box
Inside their shipping container farm, in West Des Moines, Iowa, thousands of red and blue LED lights create a purple glow as they shine on a series of 7-foot-tall vertical panels draped with growing plant
Square Roots Opening Its Fourth Farm
The facility, located in Shepherdsville, Ky., adds to Square Roots production facilities in Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio, according to a news release
Research From Bristol's LettUs Grow Finds Environmental Benefits of Renewably Powered Aeroponic Farms
Jack Farmer, study co-author and Chief Scientific Officer at LettUs Grow, said: “This is one of the first studies of its kind. It evaluates aeroponic vertical farming’s environmental credentials under real world scenarios
ACTX Modular Hydroponic Farms Available To Universities For Research And Education
GrowPods are ideal for higher education learning about Controlled Environment Agriculture and Farming