Students will operate a hydroponic vertical farm at the Career Elevation and Technology Center

FarmBox Foods discusses placing modular farms on school campuses to provide a hands-on learning environment for students of all ages

FarmBox Foods LLC is on a mission to revolutionize farming. The small company, based out of Sedalia, repurposes shipping containers to grow food and fodder using highly efficient hydroponics

While FarmBox Foods, a Colorado-based manufacturer of containerized farms, has made its name with a tech-driven Vertical Hydroponic Farm, it’s increasingly gaining attention for its start-to-finish Gourmet Mushroom Farm

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

FarmBox Foods, a company that makes modified shipping containers to grow food, is partnering with CORE Electric Cooperative to grow trees from seed to sapling using a unique and innovative technique called vertical hydroponic farming

A groundbreaking reforestation program launched by CORE Electric Cooperative and FarmBox Foods is using innovation to achieve a new form of environmental stewardship

The GSSM Hydroponic Research Lab has the capacity to grow nearly 8,000 plants at once

By growing fodder on-site year-round, farmers and ranchers can avoid supply chain disruptions, sourcing issues and spikes in hay prices

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