News About Farming in a Shipping Container
All About Yields
The problem is everyone describes their yields differently. Growing slots. Heads. Pounds per square meter. Units. This makes it difficult to compare equipment suppliers and discern what your reality will be once you start growing
How Freight Farms Is Innovating Urban Farming
Freight Farming is gaining popularity by the day. The innovative idea has taken hold in numerous countries across the globe, including areas where agriculture seemed impossible
Why Container Farms?
An analysis of the core business and planetary advantages of container farming as CEA infrastructure--from reduced carbon emissions in construction to capital and deployment efficiencies
CANADA: Fresh Vegetables Grow Year-Round At This Innovative Timmins Farm
Now, with advances in agricultural technology, it is possible to grow farm-fresh vegetables year-round, even in an urban area and a northern climate
Veganuary: Can Vertical Farming Help To Provide Alternative Protein?
Where for the month of January, people are encouraged to try out or adopt a vegan diet
Container Farms: Are They All Created Equal?
Whether you are building a container farm yourself or sourcing a turn-key farm from a supplier, the best option for you will depend on your goals
What Does Togetherness Look Like?
Farm from a Box provides the technology needed to strengthen local and regional food systems
UK Vertical Farming Company Gets A New Growing System
Powerplus Group have completed the build of a newly created container farm designed by LettUs Grow, a forward-thinking vertical farm supplier in the UK. LettUs Grow designs Aeroponic vertical farm equipment to use in research and commercial horticulture
Italy: Growing Nine Saffron Cycles A Year With A Container Farm
"We started with trials a few months ago, but after a thorough analysis of both the agronomy and the market with one of our customers, we are now ready to show the gathered results. These have exceeded our forecasts," Daniel affirms
ACTX Releases Forecast on Controlled Environment Agriculture Industry
Advanced Container Technologies, Inc (Ticker: ACTX), said the Controlled Environment Agriculture sector, which includes Vertical Farming and the company's own unique, portable indoor farms called GrowPods, have a bright future
20 Benefits of Hydroponic Farming
Hydroponic farming saves limited arable land by growing 4x the number of plants that can be grown in the same space as conventional farming
Russian Scientists Intend To Grow Vegetables In Antarctica
Researchers at the Vostok Antarctic base intend to grow watermelons and cucumbers this year, as reported by the Institute of Arctic and Antarctic Studies (AARI by its acronym in Russian)
London - United Kingdom - Crate to Plate
We thought we'd give you a look inside our Kentish Town Farm to see what we have growing right now
USA: North Carolina - Small But Mighty: 4 Things To Know About Wilmington-Grown Microgreens
When he started his business in 2016, he was growing microgreens in a townhouse. Now he has a shipping container for microgreens on the property he farms in Castle Hayne
Indoor Pod Garden Aims To Improve Fernie’s Food
WildSight Elk Valley is looking to bolster local food production with a container farm project on the horizon
Ultimate Guide To Shipping Container Farms
The idea of using cargo containers for farming has already been explored by inventive companies like Ikea and researcher groups like the MIT Media Lab
UK: Vertically Urban And LettUs Grow Partner With University of York
Housed in one of LettUs Grow's state-of-the-art DROP & GROW™ container farms, Grow It York sits at the heart of the city as part of an outdoor community space called SPARK
Tomato Hydroponic System To Make Debut At Fruit Logistica, Berlin
The focus of the Tomato+ stand is Horto Professional, the vertical farming system for professional farming. Horto Professional takes up the space of a container and only requires a connection to the water and electricity network
VIDEO: Freight Farm Improves Access To Fresh Produce In A Community of Central Florida
AdventHealth is the first hospital in Central Florida to have an agricultural program. In 2022, AdventHealth developed a unique freight farm, improving the access to fresh produce in Central Florida
VIDEO: US - COLORADO: Shipping Container Farming Creating Opportunity To Grow Anything Anywhere At Anytime
Ullr's Garden is a brand-new business growing the equivalent of a 10-acre farm inside two shipping containers in the heart of downtown Denver