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.   

The company registered the design of its CLF vertical growing container with the EUIPO ahead of broader commercial expansion. The jury described the container as a modular, decentralised system designed to support local tree cultivation in controlled environments, contributing to environmental awareness and community engagement.

A Smart Fodder Farms container allows livestock companies to start producing fresh hydroponic fodder directly on-site, inside a controlled and automated production module. The system is designed to germinate and grow cereals and legumes under controlled humidity, temperature, irrigation and lighting conditions, producing fresh green fodder with high palatability and digestibility.

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. 

As growers face challenges from limited land, unstable climate conditions, labor pressure, and the need for a stable food supply, container farms are becoming a practical option for modern agriculture. Aurlant has developed a series of container farm solutions designed to help growers produce crops in controlled environments with more flexible space use and year-round operation.

The project, developed through a partnership between DACC and New Mexico State University, allows crops to be grown in a controlled environment using nutrient-rich water instead of soil. Just as important, it gives students hands-on experience across multiple trades.. 

Discover how Broadview Federal Credit Union is transforming food security in Albany, NY through sustainable container farming!

Since 2018, Broadview has invested in four Freight Farms hydroponic container farms and donated three of them to local nonprofit organizations.

This initiative is helping fight food insecurity, provide hands-on farming education for kids, and improve community health outcomes. Learn how container farming makes fresh, healthy produce accessible year-round and supports local nonprofits in building a more sustainable future.

Venus Kau’iokawekiu Rosete-Medeiros, right, CEO of Hale Kipa, and Gerry Labiste, left, communications manager at Hale Kipa, walk toward the Freight Farm structure, Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Ewa Beach.

Hale Kipa installed the “Freight Farm,” a hydroponic agricultural facility built inside of a shipping container, which can grow 2 to 6 tons of green crops a year.

Homeless and at-risk shelter residents will cultivate their own healthy food and share with the community.

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.