News About Farming in a Shipping Container
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
Container Farming: Exploring A New Sustainable Agriculture Model
Container agriculture is a sustainable agriculture, and agricultural planting inside containers is very convenient as long as electricity and water are available
Seven Stars Resort & Spa’s Newest Restaurant ‘The Farm’ Is Opened In Grace Bay
The Farm started when we got our freight farm and when it was delivered on-site we said, you know what, why don’t we just build a restaurant onto the freight farm
Under “Food Apartheid,” Urban Farms Are More Important Than Ever
But BIPOC urban farmers continue to face unique challenges—including inequitable access to land and loans
VIDEO: Revolutionizing Agriculture: Vertical Farming Is Changing The Game | Zale Tabakman | EP #1
In the video, Zale Tabakman, President of Local Grown Salads and vertical farming expert, discusses the ins and outs of the vertical farming industry
Laredo Shipping Container Farm Places Second In National Contest
They feel it helps showcase their cause, as they prepare to make their shipping container farm fully operational in the next few weeks for the community
USA - MISSOURI - Coming Soon To IGNITE Pathways In Woodbine - Farm-In-A-Box Means Fresh Local Greens Year-Round
The high-tech farm, called The Greenery, is housed in an 8-foot-by-40-foot shipping container designed and built by Freight Farms of Boston, Massachusetts
'People Have Lost The Connection With Food': Indoor Farm Hopes to Bring Fresh, Sustainable Products to Wisconsin, Northern Illinois
Founded in 2016 by Kimbal Musk, Elon's brother, and Tobias Peggs, Square Roots mission is to bring sustainable, freshly-farmed products to urban areas. The indoor farms are set up inside shipping-containers and take just 3-4 months of construction before they can be up and running
New Start-Up Grows Saffron In Shipping Containers
Using hydroponic technology, a start-up out of India is revolutionizing how this rare spice is grown
Compare Different Types of Container Farms With Agritecture Designer's New Templates
With Agritecture Designer, our data-backed farm-planning platform, you can plan the farm of your dreams and get started on your controlled environment agriculture (CEA) journey
Modular Farming For Hyperlocal
I recently had the opportunity to Zoom with Freight Farms CEO Rick Vanzura, whose resume includes executive positions at Panera Bread, Wahlburgers, and Borders bookstores
Q&A: Fifth Season’s Former VP On Why It Failed And How Vertical Farming Must Change
Late last year, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Fifth Season abruptly stopped operations at its only vertical farming facility and closed up shop, abruptly and entirely
AlfaTech (SG) Becomes Integration And Service Partner of Urban Crop Solutions For South East Asia
Urban Crop Solutions has since 2014, been active in the engineering, procurement, and construction of indoor vertical farming solutions for a broad spectrum of applications
VIDEO: Minnesota: Urban Farm Grows Fresh Greens For Restaurants, Residents
Restaurants looking for locally-grown, fresh produce during the winter months must turn to a different type of farm, one in which the complete growing system is in a climate-controlled box
USA: ARIZONA - VIDEO - Container Farm Pilot Shows Promising Signs
Biosphere 2 has recently started a pilot program with a hydroponic farm in a container unit called Freight Farms, and program leaders hope to use agrivoltaics solar panels to save energy
FarmBox Foods Joins the International Phytobiomes Alliance
Colorado-based FarmBox Foods takes upcycled shipping containers and transforms them into controlled-climate container farms in which mushrooms, leafy greens, culinary herbs, micro greens, peppers, fodder, and other plants can be sustainably grown
Aeroponic Container Farm Lifecycle Analysis: Aeroponics Can Reduce The Impact of Fresh Produce vs Imports
The research paper explores the environmental credentials of our DROP & GROW container farms and their role in sustainable food systems
Freight Farms CEO: Vertical Farming Vexed by High Wnergy Costs But Renewables Offer Refuge
FoodIngredientsFirst sits down with Rick Vanzura, CEO of Freight Farms, to understand how energy is at the root of the sector’s problems and what can be done to overcome the problem
USA - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MGM-Funded ‘Urban Farm’ Addresses Food Insecurity In Historic Westside
The development was secured through a public-private partnership involving MGM Resorts International, which donated $500,000 to the City of Las Vegas for the purchase of two climate-controlled hydroponics containers that grow produce, house plants and flowers year-round