News About Farming in Shipping Containers & Limited Indoor Spaces
How Two Brothers Plan To Save The World By Packing A Whole Farm Into Shipping Containers On A Denver Used Car Lot
Ullr’s Garden, launched a few months ago by a couple of brothers who want to save the world and sell some sustainable arugula, is growing the equivalent of a 10-acre farm on a dusty 7,500-square-foot lot
’What Has AppHarvest Done For Eastern Kentucky? ‘ They’ve Delivered The Jobs.
These are 40-foot, steel shipping containers that have been retrofitted with HVAC, LED and irrigation system to allow students to grow these leafy greens and you can do herbs,” said Amy Samples, the vice president of community outreach and the director of the AppHarvest Foundation, the company’s charitable giving and education arm
Square Roots Furthers U.S. Expansion With New Kentucky Facility
Since establishing their strategic partnership in 2019, Square Roots and Gordon Food Service have been building indoor farms together across the continent
VIDEO: From Shipping Container To Green Machine; UA’s Biosphere 2 Finds New Ways To Grow Food
Right now, with just one “Freight Farm,” the B2 teams is growing 800 heads of lettuce a week. It does everything hydroponically and gives these lush, green walls of produce all the light, temperature control, and nutrients they need
VIDEO: See Behind-The-Scenes At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Plant Labs
In this video (which is about an hour long), you’ll see Gioia Massa, Christina Johnson, and Jacob Torres, who have all been guests on Gardeners of the Galaxy
VIDEO - USA - CHICAGO: South Suburban Hydroponic Farm Owner Seeks To Democratize The Food System And Change The Narrative In The Ford Heights Neighborhood
Drake has been giving back to his hometown in various ways over the past decade, from mentorship through sports and education programs to teaching youth about entrepreneurship
Vertical Farming Has Shown Technological Progress But Investors Still Remain Distant; Limiting Startup Ecosystem
One of the gravest problems facing humanity right now is food security. The UN says that between 720 and 811 million people faced hunger in 2020
The History of Container Shipping
Container transportation is now the most popular way of cargo movement and a critical pillar of the global economy, but back in the 1950s, it was just a thought
VIDEO: New York Power Authority Joins Harlem Grown and EPRI in Collaborative Demonstration To Educate Local Youth About Urban Farming, Sustainability And Nutrition
Project Research Study to Inform Climate Actions, Evaluate Energy and Environmental Impacts, and Measure Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction
CANADA: VIDEO: Grow In The Snow - Armstrong Cubic Farmer Can Grow Greens All Day - Every Day
Van Deursen’s GreenLion farms currently has 16 of the shipping containers, which produce herbs, lettuce and micro greens. The longest grow time is 36 days
ACTX Says It's Time For Farmers To Spice It Up
Controlled environment farms like GrowPods offer an ideal way for growers to expand into culinary herb production
Freight Farms Raises $17.5M Series B3 To Address Access And Sustainability In The Food System Through Container Farming
This funding will help the hydroponic container farming company expand its customer base and increase reach of its farms to more remote areas and urban centers
VIDEO: Firm Seeks Zoning Variance To Build Micro Farm Out of Shipping Containers Near Buffalo Broadway Market
"What's nice about a container is that because of the vertical nature of it, with five different tiers, we're able to grow a lot of produce within these units," said Bialkowski
CAES Partners With Agrify To Grow Vertical Farming Efforts
“Indoor vertical farms rely solely on artificial lighting. These farms grow crops entirely indoors in a warehouse or shipping container,” said Rhuanito Ferrarezi, associate professor of controlled environment agriculture in the CAES Department of Horticulture
How to Start A Farm To School Program With A Freight Farm
Morgan Hill Unified School District in Morgan Hill, CA, grows 60% of their lettuce needs (to feed 9,000 students) in just one Freight Farm
ZipGrow And Its New ZipPod Part of Growing Agtech Sector In Cornwall
A new portable turnkey farming system made in Ontario could contribute to improving food security, solving supply chain disruptions and conserving water resources
The Future of Farming: Can We Feed The World Without Destroying It?
The broad range of benefits derived from vertical farming has been well-documented, so we shall instead turn first to the specifics of Fischer Farms, a UK-based vertical farming company
VIDEO - USA - CALIFORNIA: School Embraces Shipping Container Farming
"Our Freight Farm is innovation in action!” We envision a powerful and environmentally friendly path forward that accelerates our district's respect for the environment while at the same time providing delicious and nutritious meals for our students

