The Howard County Food Council has installed Gardyn Hydroponic Systems at seven county schools to grow fresh vegetables, herbs, and flowers through hands-on instruction with students.

Fork Farms, an indoor hydroponic farming company based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, helps people grow their own food. Company founder and CEO Alex Tyink believes in the importance of building resiliency and access to fresh produce in communities.

“The whole purpose behind what we're doing is we're trying to get fresh food more within reach to everybody everywhere,” he said.

The Howard County Food Council (HCFC) has installed Gardyn Hydroponic Systems at seven County schools to grow fresh vegetables, herbs, and flowers through hands-on instruction with students.

Cherry Street Farm and Lab features raised beds, solar panels that power the site, a youth food education "lab" featuring a large kitchen, and an outdoor plaza.

Its centerpiece is a hydroponic trailer that can grow up to two acres of fresh food at a time, using just five to six gallons of water per day.

A $730,000 multi-university initiative is helping researchers rethink how food is produced and delivered to improve access to fresh produce across region

"We also have four converted shipping container farms at a neighboring research site," he said. "Later this year, we'll be able to conduct indoor growing trials and study how different light types and wavelengths affect crop production and quality."

Launched: January 2025, the Bronx, New York

Goal: Bring year-round local food production and cross-disciplinary, place-based learning to an independent school campus in New York City

Students at Lanigan School will soon get their hands dirty while learning about food production and agriculture.

Horizon School Division and Nutrien announced this week a partnership that will see the installation of a hydroponic grow container at the school.

Something truly remarkable is happening at Marble Farms. Yes, you read that correctly — there is a farm thriving at 8,000 feet in elevation. Despite growing in one of the harshest climates, Marble Farms is brilliantly cultivating the seeds of change with the help of an unexpected tool: a Freight Farm.

The Teens for Food Justice Hydroponic Farm at the Urban Assembly Maker Academy is a triumph. 

"With rising food prices and controversy surrounding major retail chains, people are really looking for ways to grow locally. On a community level, there is more interest than ever from schools, municipalities and Indigenous communities for local food solutions," says Alida Burke, co-founder and Chief Financial Officer at Growcer, the Ottawa-based container farming company established ten years ago.

On Tuesday, Badger Elementary School unveiled a new indoor hydroponic growing system designed to expand access to fresh produce, strengthen nutrition education and support student wellbeing during a special community event.

A new hydroponic classroom equipped with state-of-the-art growing systems was unveiled at PS 7, the Louis F. Simeone School, in Elmhurst May 14.

The classroom is one of 101 NY Sun Works labs in Queens, part of an investment by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr.

As agricultural technology expands, one challenge remains: a shortage of workers to operate modern farming systems. On Thursday, May 28, participants in the University of Nevada, Reno Extension’s latest Hydroponic Crop Production Certificate Course will graduate as part of a growing effort to build Nevada’s future agriculture workforce through hydroponics education.

By deploying high-tech vertical farms inside prison walls, AmplifiedAg is creating a new path for incarcerated individuals, one that leads away from recidivism and toward specialized careers in the growing ag-tech sector. Flynn says agriculture reentry programs have the lowest recidivism rate — at 19% —among any other programming.

The indoor net-zero growing unit produces vegetables, herbs, and microgreens year-round inside a fully converted sea‑can.    

The project aims to operate without negative environmental impacts, using responsible stewardship of energy, water, and soil.  

Students from Grades 7 through 12 are involved in the project, from planting, watering, lighting and harvesting, to marketing, and business operations.   

Container farms are particularly effective in remote regions because they can be shipped nearly anywhere and begin producing quickly without requiring extensive infrastructure. Arctic communities can grow leafy greens year-round, far-flung military installations can reduce imported produce dependence, island resorts can produce herbs and greens onsite, and disaster-prone regions are able to maintain food production after storms.

The Altgeld Gardens community on the city’s south side is now home to a farm without acres of dirt.  The growing of produce takes place inside a 500-square-foot hydroponic container, (a transformed shipping container).  The work being performed by the students inside of the hydroponic container is changing the look of traditional farming.