News About Farming in Shipping Containers & Limited Indoor Spaces
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 - Broadview Hts, Ohio: BBH School Lunch Programs Integrate Hydroponic Gardens to Provide Locally Sourced Foods
The Flex Farm hydroponic growing systems are manufactured by Fork Farms, which provides detailed instructions on their usage.
Lettuce harvested in the system is the most commonly used crop in school lunch programs.
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.
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.
Featured Farm: Meadowbrook Garden Club | Spring Valley, California
At Meadowbrook Apartments, growing fresh food is also growing curiosity, confidence, and connection.
Since 2023, the Meadowbrook Garden Club has been growing with a Flex Farm alongside the Heaven’s Windows team.
Why Buying a Pre-Owned Container Farm Beats Buying New
Every prospective container farmer runs into the same wall: the sticker price. A new turnkey hydroponic container farm is a six-figure purchase before you have harvested a single head of lettuce.
What Can You Grow in a STEM Garden™
STEM Garden™ by Babylon Micro-Farms brings the benefits of indoor growing into schools, senior living communities, libraries, community centers, wellness spaces, and shared environments where people gather, learn, and connect.
Growing Smarter Farmers: University, Neighborhoods Localize Climate Science
Plantation Park Heights, founded in 2014, is an urban farm sprawling across several blocks in Baltimore’s Greenspring and Central Park Heights neighborhoods, where greenhouses and gardens seem to sprout from every vacant lot.
NEW YORK CITY: Urban Assembly Maker Academy's Teens for Food Justice Hydroponic Farm Fills an Eucational and Nutritional Void
The Teens for Food Justice Hydroponic Farm at the Urban Assembly Maker Academy is a triumph.
Shipping Containers Find New Use Cases Across China
In Huanghu town, Yuhang district, Hangzhou, two stacked containers sit in an open area of the PUKU Smart Agriculture Park. Inside, lettuce grows on metal racks while tomatoes thrive under carefully controlled lighting.
Clock Tower Farms; Feeding America, Rockwell Automation, Fork Farms Team Up
Clock Tower Farms will house 72 Fork Farms Flex Acre hydroponic systems that use nutrient-infused, recirculated water to nourish plant roots and optimize growth. Rockwell’s Plant PAx system will monitor and automatically adjust nutrient, pH, and water levels based on the crops being grown.
Rockwell is donating the space and growing systems for Clock Tower Farms to Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin.
New York Grower Rebrands to Nimble Farms
Nimble Farms’ modular, climate-controlled grow units are housed in converted shipping containers. Designed to maximize productivity per square foot, each unit is equipped with energy-efficient LED lights, recirculating water and nutrient systems, and precise environmental controls. The company says this setup optimizes inputs such as fertilizer, water and energy, enabling year-round production of a wide variety of crops, including living lettuces, herbs, microgreens and mushrooms. All Nimble Farms sites are powered 100% by renewable energy sourced from local solar, wind and hydroelectric power.
The company collaborates closely with local supermarkets, farmers’ markets, schools and hospitals across New York State and the broader Northeast region to meet the growing demand for local, perishable produce.