News About Farming in Shipping Containers & Limited Indoor Spaces

VIDEO: A Moveable Feast: Container Farming May Be A Solution To US Food Deserts

Even near some of the busiest cities in the United States, nearly 54 million people have a tough time accessing fresh and healthy food, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. One company based in a Denver suburb said they have a solution

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VIDEO: It's Not Too Late: The Future of Farming?

ABC News’ Ginger Zee reports on what could be an important part of the future of farming and how possible solutions for food scarcity may lie inside shipping containers

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VIDEO: Natural Grocers Shows Vertical Farm Partnership In TV Segment

Good Morning America recently came to Colorado to showcase how businesses and nonprofits are using technology to sustainably grow food near the consumer, year-round

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VIDEO: How Can The Global Agrifood System Build Resilience Amid Climate Change? Look To Ukraine

“Resilience” is a word that comes up a lot when we talk about the war in Ukraine, with news outlets around the world zeroing in on the courage of Ukrainians and their willingness to stand together in the face of Russia’s ongoing attacks and the atrocities of war

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STEM Education In Container Farms

Many schools, from K–12 to college, use Freight Farms to enhance students’ education. A versatile tool, the modular farms provide an opportunity for hands-on activities and nontraditional learning

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USA - Pennsylvania - VIDEO - Montco School District Has First Student-Run Hydroponic Farm In State

The vertical hydroponic farm itself is located inside of a custom-building shipping container, whose state-of-the-art design includes technology that allows electricity and fresh water to be inserted into the container's frame

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VIDEO - USA - KENTUCKY: Louisville Veteran Turns Shipping Container Into Hydroponic Farm

The hydroponic farm is completely operated out of a shipping container that sits off Spring Street in the Irish Hill neighborhood. The container is 40 feet long and 320 square feet. It can grow up to three acres vertically and hydroponically

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Meet The High-Tech Urban Farmer Growing Vegetables Inside Hong Kong’s Skyscrapers

Gordon Tam, co-founder and CEO of vertical farming company Farm66, wants to show that agriculture, combined with technology, has a promising future in cities, deserts and even in outer space

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VIDEO: Food To Change The World: How To Grow Rice And Fish In Urban Vertical Farms

Innovators from Aqualita Ecotechnology have developed a shipping container fish farming system while scientists from the Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory are testing out a multi-storey rice farm

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VIDEO: New Additions to Customer Success at Freight Farms - Spring 2022

This video outlines the major projects our Crop Research, Training, and Support teams have been working on to benefit both new and veteran growers, as well as what we have in store for later in the year

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VIDEO: Are High-Tech Containers The Future of Farming?

FarmBox Foods, based in Sedalia, Colorado, has spent the last four years developing automated farms in shipping containers to grow gourmet mushrooms, organic leafy greens, culinary herbs, peppers, small tomatoes and fodder for livestock.

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