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USA - ALABAMA: Auburn College of Agriculture Using High-Tech Shipping Containers To Grow Produce For Campus Dining
Unique ‘Vertical’ Farms part of Planned 16-Acre Transformation Garden On Campus
It's Harvest Time! Yukon's 1st Off-Grid, No-Dirt, Hydroponics Farming Unit Produces Crops
The unit is 8 by 40 feet and can hold up to 2,800 mature plants and 1,000 seedlings
USA - COLORADO: Sedalia-Based FarmBox Foods Sending Container Farms All Over The World
FarmBox Foods’ short-term goals include partnering with institutions that help provide the biggest possible impact for the most people, including food banks, schools, and hospitals
USA - KENTUCKY: Elliott County High School Receives New Container Farm Through AppHarvest
The curriculum provided by AppHarvest will cover topics such as high-tech growing and an introductory course on local food systems and food resiliency
Brick Street Farms Expands Through Florida and East Coast
“We really wanted to bring food production to the point of consumption, so we’re focused on embedding our farms in urban areas,” says Shannon O’Malley, CEO, and co-founder of Florida-based container farming company, Brick Street Farms
USA - FLORIDA: St. Pete’s Brick Street Farms Gets Multi-Million-Dollar Investment From Lykes Bros
Lykes Bros., one of the oldest and largest agribusinesses in Florida, is putting a big bet on the future of farming as it invests in Brick Street Farms, an urban farm, and market in St. Petersburg
CubicFarm Systems Corp. Appoints Technology Industry Executive Janet Wood to the Company’s Board of Directors
Janet Wood is recognized globally as a leader in the technology sector and as a successful executive who retired from a rewarding career with several major technology companies including IBM, Crystal Decisions, Business Objects, and SAP
Squamish Nation Grows Plans For Food Security With A Hydroponic Farm
While the outside of this 40-foot container is rather striking, it’s what’s on the inside that counts. 🌱
Leading European Vertical Farming Company Retains Strategic Advisor to Explore Strategic Options
Award-winning Belgian vertical farming and contract research company, Urban Crop Solutions (“UCS”) has retained Contain, Inc., to explore strategic options to elevate its status as a leading European technology player in the fast-emerging global indoor farming space
Modular Hydroponic Growing Spaces In Freight Containers For Local Food Production
Freight Farms’ design was the first containerized vertical growing environment using hydroponic technology
USA-VIRGINIA: New Moneta Farm Redefines Method of Growing Fresh Produce
A new veteran-owned farm in Moneta is revamping traditional farming with advanced technology to serve up the freshest greens all year long
Czech Startup Introduces New Container Farm To The Market
A container farm supplied by GreeenTech will soon be parked in Prague's Smíchov district. The hydroponic container farm will grow herbs, vegetables, and small fruits. The other two containers will go to Dubai and Shanghai
N.Thing To Export Smart Farms To UAE After $3 Million Deal
The contract, set to proceed next month, will allow the firm to construct vertical smart farming containers in the UAE by December this year.
Florida Native Brick Street Farms Takes On Global Agriculture With Multi-Million Dollar Investment
The Ag Tech Innovator Scales its Local Approach to More Sustainably Feed Urban Communities
More Than Simply Housing
While “Housing” is in our name, CASS isn’t just about building homes. CASS is about holistically partnering with people with developmental disabilities to create opportunities that wouldn’t otherwise exist
Vertical Future And Crate To Plate Plot Fleet of Shipping Container Farms In London
Each of the 'container farms' will be able to produce up to five tonnes of leafy greens and veg each year with zero carbon footprint, the firms claim
USA: INDIANA - CASS Housing Is Growing, In More Ways Than One
A local organization keeps growing, in more ways than one. CASS Housing is adding CASS Gardens, an opportunity for residents to grow produce and create jobs
USA - ILLINOIS - Tasty, Fresh And Sustainable
There are no animals, roses, or peaches at Wiseacre Farm, a rectangular, 320-square-foot container farm inside a warehouse Sheinfeld rents in an industrial area at 1975 N. Lake Terrace, Glenview
It Is Time To Grow!
In an Urban farming pilot project, we grow leafy greens in a nutritious fluid, in a container powered with 100% renewable energy outside the IKEA Malmö store in Sweden
Housing Nonprofit Cultivating Farmers Adults With Disabilities To Help Run Hydroponic Effort
For a few moments early Friday morning, an 80-foot-by-40-foot shipping container the size of a semi hung high in the air, suspended by a huge crane