To expand the program, Delaware partnered with Growcer to add a modular vertical farm. The indoor farm can grow fresh produce year-round using less water and land than outdoor farming.

Located near the pantry, it will supply members with freshly harvested lettuces, leafy greens like kale and spinach, and herbs like mint and basil to take home.

As the world becomes increasingly aware of the link between food choices and overall health, a new generation of students is poised to create major changes in the food industry. Students exposed to education models that embrace growing and valuing fresh produce will ultimately be tomorrow's customers.  

This shift has the potential to fundamentally alter how food companies operate, what products fill store shelves, and how food is marketed to consumers.

In Alert, Nunavut — the northernmost continuously inhabited place on Earth, just 817 km from the North Pole — winter brings 24-hour darkness and temperatures below -30°C. Fresh food is typically flown in, but flights are often delayed for weeks, leaving residents without produce.

To reduce this dependency, Molly Farquhar launched The C.A.N. (Continuous Alert Nourishment) — a hydroponic vertical farm built inside a renovated shipping container.

The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) will launch its next vertical agriculture course on March 31, offering hands-on training in a fast-growing sector of modern farming.

The controlled environment can accelerate plant growth and increase yields while using less water and fewer pesticides.

Farish Anfal and Calvin Aranha, both 26 years old, are budding techpreneurs who have integrated Artificial Intelligence (AI) into hydroponic farms through their start-up company, Krop AI.

They started Krop AI in 2021 as a startup agritech company based out of Brahmavara in Udupi district.

Summer Street Farm grows fresh vegetables year-round to help provide local food security, and employees with diverse abilities say they feel good about contributing. The CBC's Yuan Wang took a tour of the farm.

Here's the thing about Summer Street Farm in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia: it started with people who just wanted to do something impactful around food.

The state recently awarded the Watertown Schools a grant to run its farm-to-school program, including its Freight Farm. Watertown Public Schools has received more than $80,000 in state grant funding to continue its farm-to-school efforts, expanding learning opportunities for Watertown’s students while also increasing local food production.

Les Verts Living and Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association (VBGA) are proud to introduce a new display on indoor hydroponic gardening — now on view in the Discovery Room of the Visitor Centre at VanDusen Botanical Garden.

Designed for classroom learning, the EdRack Hydroponic System allows students to explore plant science, sustainability, food production, and technology through interactive, project-based experiences.

Students can follow crops from planting to harvest while developing skills in science, mathematics, and critical thinking.

Jackson Elementary School students cracked open their first Hydroponic Flex Farm Tuesday to educate kids and feed those in need.

It is a machine that uses nutrient-rich water to grow plants without soil in a man-made environment.

The video opens with a clear message: “Schools combine hands-on learning of academics paired with life skills.”

It emphasizes that classrooms are becoming more interactive and relevant to daily life, not confined to standard lectures and worksheets.

The district received a $10,000 grant from Marshfield Clinic and Security Health Plan to install two hydroponic “flex farms.”

The system will grow leafy greens year-round, supplying up to 75% of the high school salad bar’s lettuce, reducing costs, conserving water, and providing hands-on learning opportunities for students.

Fifty-five schools across North Dakota are receiving grants from the state’s Department of Agriculture (NDDA) to create hydroponic garden systems.

The NDDA offered its Farm to School hydroponics garden grant in order to help students learn about local food and how it’s grown.

Gruninger’s farm is hydroponic. Instead of soil, he grows his plants exclusively with water-nutrient solutions, alongside various substrates or cultures. The cargo crate-farm is a bustling workspace, clean yet alive.

Inside it’s always temperate, with a consistently moderate temperature and neutral white lighting flowing from the edges of the ceiling.

GROW (Growing Real Opportunities for Work) at Kazimour Farm & Orchard is making strides in Cedar Rapids by providing horticultural education that creates meaningful employment for local students, as well as individuals with disabilities, while addressing community food insecurity.

The vertical smart farm has been established in the form of a container-type vertical farm on farmland in Beopgot-dong, Ilsanseo-gu.

It is operated as a facility equipped with a smart environmental control system for cultivating functional leafy vegetables.

Agricultural science, taught by Mrs. Michelle (“Shelley”) Shurlow, is underway at Gladstone High School for the very first year.

Currently an elective, the class gives a group of students education on various elements of agriculture through hands-on experience, guest speakers, field trips, and online learning.

Live Well Kosciusko is expanding its Tower Garden Initiative in 2026 by bringing fresh, locally grown produce and hands-on learning to six locations across the county.
This initiative began as a pilot project at Combined Community Services, made possible through a grant from AWS Foundation and Cardinal Services.