News About Farming in Shipping Containers & Limited Indoor Spaces
USA - OHIO: Lebanon City Schools Receives Fork Farms Hydroponic Growing System
The School Nutrition Foundation (SNF) has named Megan Grippa, Child Nutrition Coordinator for Lebanon City Schools in OH, recipient of the Fork Farms Equipment Grant.
USA - CALIFORNIA: Clearing The Air: How Smarter HVAC Systems Are Cutting Energy Costs for Indoor Farms
To evaluate this technology, the project conducted a field demonstration at two indoor container farms at Ann Sobrato High School in Morgan Hill, California.
Siemens SIMATIC Powers LindenGreen’s Container Farms
LindenGreen has developed vertical farms that bring food production into a controlled and mobile environment. By building the farm inside a container, produce can be grown closer to where it is needed, including in places where conventional agriculture is difficult
USA - MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN: New Farm-to-School Initiative Will Grow Greens Inside MPS Classrooms
MFAI is set to partner with Fork Farms on the initiative’s educational component. Fork Farms is a Wisconsin-based food access technology company that makes a hydroponic growing system called Flex Farm.
USA - GEORGIA: Students From Stonecrest Help Families Grow Food
Two Georgia college students from Stonecrest are combining agriculture, technology, and community education to help families throughout Georgia grow their own food — even those without access to traditional growing spaces and equipment.
USA - ARIZONA: A Tempe Class on Hydroponic Farming Teaches Basics of What Was Once a NASA-Exclusive Technology
The city of Tempe offers free food education classes through its Food Forest program, and a recent class taught the basics of what was once a NASA-exclusive technology.
BRITISH COLUMBIA: At UBC, The Future of Food is Growing Just Steps From The Dining Hall
UBC students are getting a taste of the future of local food production. On Oct. 6, UBC Food Services will harvest leafy greens from a compact indoor growing pod at the UBC Orchard Commons dining hall and serve them through campus dining.
Why Growcer Says Canada’s New Tax Rule Could Transform Local Food Supply
Growcer has welcomed the Productivity Mega Deduction announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney on September 15 at the first Canada Investment Summit. The proposed measure would let businesses write off the full cost of a broad range of capital investments in the year they become available for use, including modular farms like Growcer's.
Two Black Teens Launch Mobile Farm to Inspire the Next Generation of Agriculture Enthusiasts
The Mobile Farm is designed as a working classroom on wheels. Participants will be able to see live plants growing in vertical systems, understand how water and nutrients move through modern growing equipment, learn how seeds become mature plants, and experience the complete growing process from germination through harvest.
The Future Of Food Education Is In Classrooms, On Farms, And Everywhere In Between
The intersection of food and education goes well beyond just school lunches; food systems can be a tool for instruction on a variety of subjects and values, educators, farmers, chefs, and other experts said during the “Future of Food Education” Summit during Climate Week NYC.
Operating Containerized Hydroponic Mini-Farms in the Arctic Requires Specialized Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Engineering
Standard shipping containers would fail immediately in an Alaskan winter; however, ruggedized "Arctic-ready" systems are built to withstand outside temperatures dropping below -40°F to -60°F while maintaining a steady 70°F internal growing environment.
USA - MISSISSIPPI: Real Farming Experience Available to Students
Itawamba Agriculture High School’s (IAHS) agriculture program has added a hydroponics unit that lets students grow vegetables indoors without soil.
Heather Carpenter, diversified agriculture science teacher and Future Farmers of America advisor at IAHS, said the unit gives students hands-on experience with a new production style.
Featured Farm: Christians United Outreach Center of Lee County | Sanford, North Carolina
Since 2022, four volunteers have been operating four Flex Farm units as part of the organization’s work to provide food to neighbors in need. By rotating harvests across the farms, the team is able to harvest approximately every two weeks, growing multiple varieties of lettuce along with herbs including cilantro, dill, and basil.
USA - A Farm in Panther Dining Hall? Hydroponic Gardens Grow Fresh Produce at Florida Tech
Babylon Micro-Farms is a company founded at the University of Virginia that specializes in creating and distributing hydroponic systems for growing plants indoors. The farms, as displayed at Florida Tech, used controlled lighting, water and nutrients to grow plants without soil.
USA - WISCONSIN: Proposed Greenhouse Could Expand Hands-on Learning at Osceola High School
Current growing equipment consists of racks, grow lights, and hydroponic systems. Pictured left to right are students Reecelyn Rada, Jacob Haase, and Hannah Davis.
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education Brings Hands-On Learning to Area Classrooms Through Hydroponic Gardens
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education Research Institute Health & Wellness Center expanded its hydroponic gardening efforts this summer by equipping area teachers with the tools and knowledge to bring hydroponics directly into their classrooms.
"The Crop Plan is Determined by the Customer, Not by a Guess We Made Months Earlier"
Harvest London and Crate to Plate are trialling a platform designed to plan crop production from confirmed customer orders instead of forecasts, under a DEFRA-funded ADOPT project led by InnoPhyte Consulting. The deployment runs across Harvest London's Canada Water and Lea Bridge facilities and Crate to Plate's site in Canary Wharf.