WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. - Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of hydroponic farming equipment was destroyed on Whidbey Island Friday. The equipment was recently donated to Black Seed Farms and is worth $250,000.Black Seed Farms, according to its website, is a local nonprofit that operates under its parent organization, Modest Family Solutions (MFS).

Kentucky native David Neville is currently growing lettuce in an indoor vertical farming house. The owner of Capstone Farms says crops are used for school lunches.

“As a farmer, I’m always looking for opportunities and I’m looking for different ways to do things,” Neville said.

The container allows farmers to grow the produce in time for the first day of school, despite the hot summer weather.

Located in a 40-foot shipping container, the hydroponic farm embraces urban farming and sustainable agriculture techniques such as rainwater harvesting to grow up to three acres of produce. Block & Drum visitors will be able to visit the farm, smell the fresh botanicals (mint, basil, dandelion, honeysuckle), and even pick some to create a custom bottle of liquor (think honeysuckle vodka).

“We wanted to connect people to the raw natural product,” Staples explains.

CORE Electric Cooperative (CORE) and FarmBox Foods, a manufacturer of controlled-climate farms, on Wednesday will unveil the first tree seedlings for a first-of-its-kind program focused on reforestation of wildfire-affected areas of the Front Range.

Brittany Weerts and Ali Jewell traveled to Boston last week for a 2-day intensive training for the new Freight Farm container farms at the Purdue Student Farm. While there, they met with Nathan Liberty – Freight Farm’s growing manager and also a former HLA graduate.

Agricultural Applications: Innovative farmers and agricultural businesses are using shipping containers for:

Equipment and produce storage

Hydroponic farming

Mobile processing units

Storage-Tech’s customizable containers can be outfitted with shelving kits and climate control options, making them suitable for a range of agricultural needs. The ability to create controlled environments within these units has opened up new possibilities for year-round farming and efficient crop storage.

Back in January, 2024, the Museum of Science, Boston opened their newest exhibit in the form of a small, vertical smart farm through a partnership with Freight Farms and Green City Growers. Named ‘The Garden,’ the unit will have a window so museum-goers can watch as Green City Growers visits twice weekly to tend the farm.

George Richards Farms have applied to site 18 containers, with the continued use of two more, on land at Higher Trefullock Farm, Summercourt, in order to diversify into a self-storage business.

Each existing container, and each proposed container, will be 20ft long x 8ft wide x 8.6ft high with a dark green finish. The containers at the site will solely be for self-storage purposes. The site will be commercially operated, with containers rented out to customers on a rolling month-to-month basis.

Put simply, the Urban Farming Cabin is a high-tech, closed-environment unit designed to bring farming to urban locations.

Currently in its proof of concept stage, here’s how the cabin works:

A large shipping container is converted into a smart greenhouse. Inside this container, plants are grown without soil through a hydroponics system.

Students are a big part of our team and culture. They work on the hands-on building of our shipping container farms, on building prototype code for our machine learning algorithms and on validating sensor choices for our monitoring systems. We look for those scrappy, passionate students who want to make an impact on a product.

Growcer, a vertical, Canadian farming company established in 2015, enables anyone to grow fresh, hyper-local produce year-round using its hydroponic modular farms and proprietary technology.

The company aims to make Barbados a regional Agri-tech hub by establishing a manufacturing facility and multiple farms, with an initial investment of $1.5 million to develop five farms, eventually scaling up to a $30-million investment.

Small business farmers are constantly seeking innovative methods to maximize productivity, sustainability, and profitability. Freight Farms presents a compelling solution through its hydroponic container farms, promising year-round crop production in a controlled environment.

Learn how to farm in the most advanced hydroponic container farm on the market, the Greenery, and the labor requirements you can expect. A career in farming has historically been associated with unpredictable schedules and long hours. However, through Freight Farms’ innovative technology, design, and automation, we've streamlined farm operations and significantly reduced the time required to manage a farm.

Pursuant to the Third Amending Agreement, Agrinam, Merger Sub and Freight Farms have agreed to extend the date by which Freight Farms may provide notice to terminate the Business Combination from June 28, 2024 to July 15, 2024.

Vertical hydroponic container farming is a new way to farm that is better for the earth and fixes problems with the old ways of farming. By stacking plants vertically inside shipping containers, this method saves room and resources. With a focus on what Freight Farms and Amplified-Ag have done, this article will talk about different parts of container farming technology, such as its benefits, new technologies, effects.

As the MLB prepared for the match-up between the Cardinals and the Giants at Rickwood Field on Thursday, it also gave back to the community.

Thursday morning, it unveiled a hydroponic farm from Freight Farm at A.G. Gaston Boys and Girls Club. The farm will be used to teach kids about nutrition and farming and the produce will be given to neighbors in the area.

The hospitality industry, particularly the hotel and restaurant sectors, constantly seeks innovative ways to enhance guest experiences. In recent years, hydroponics has emerged as a groundbreaking method to elevate culinary offerings. This method, which involves growing plants without soil, offers numerous benefits, including sustainability, freshness, and the ability to grow a wide variety of crops year-round.

The redesigned plaza features a prefabricated vertical farming shipping container, communally known as The Ag Pod, designed by Freight Farms. Through a partnership with ComEd and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the installation of this farm brings a third urban farming strategy to the Plaza, in addition to the raised bed Community Garden and inground growing practices currently on site.

“What we’re purchasing is an indoor grow unit where we can grow food for the community all year long,” said Catharine Kendall, executive director Connaught Youth Centre Society. The unit, which costs about $150,000, will be used to produce up to 480 fresh greens every four to six weeks. These will be distributed to high-risk children, youth, and their families, a crucial need for those struggling with food security.

Imagine having a farm that fits neatly in a shipping container, thrives year-round, and requires minimal water. That's the magic of container farms! These controlled environments allow you to grow fresh, local produce anywhere, from the frigid winters in Anchorage, AK to the scorching heat in Houston, TX. But what exactly can you grow in a container farm, and how does the growing system impact your options?