News About Farming in Shipping Containers & Limited Indoor Spaces
USA: St. Louis, Missouri - Neon Greens Is Bringing Hydroponic Greens – And A Show – To The Grove This Summer
Josh Smith and his team will utilize two container farming systems produced by startup Freight Farms: Situated outside the restaurant, each will able to yield about three acres of produce
Scaling Vertical Farming: Siemens Ensures Perfect Plant Growth
Growing lettuce in the desert using environmentally friendly methods? Yes, it’s possible. Looking ahead, it’s important to start developing new concepts for agriculture. By 2050, 10 billion people are expected to live on our planet, and they’ll all want to be fed
USA: OKLAHOMA - High-Tech Garden Showing Tulsa 'Just What Is Possible'
Planted inside a 40-foot shipping container, the hydroponic garden includes a set of surround-sound speakers. And William Woods likes to play oldies for the plants
Square Roots Proves You Don’t Need A Big Budget For A Successful Marketing Campaign
The timing of Square Roots’ campaign was also impeccable. Launched in February, the campaign showcased the company’s ability to grow to produce year-round, regardless of the weather
Freight Farms Chooses Allen & Gerritsen As Brand Agency of Record
Allen & Gerritsen expands its sustainability portfolio with the addition of the world's leading manufacturer of container farming technology
Thinking Inside The Box
Inside their shipping container farm, in West Des Moines, Iowa, thousands of red and blue LED lights create a purple glow as they shine on a series of 7-foot-tall vertical panels draped with growing plants
Las Vegas Inaugurates Urban Farm In Historic Westside
The city on Wednesday afternoon hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony outside a pair of 40-foot shipping containers converted into hydroponic pods, which sits in the previously-shuttered James Gay III Park near Harrison Avenue and B Street
LAREDO, TEXAS - Local Shipping Container Farm In Final Round of National Competition
Although the two shipping containers have different designs and will be created to grow different things, some of the main foods that they will create include microgreens, hydroponic strawberries, edible flowers and hydroponic lettuce
VIDEOS: Shipping Container Farms by FarmBox Foods
FarmBox Foods discusses placing modular farms on school campuses to provide a hands-on learning environment for students of all ages
VIDEO: Urban Farming Grows In Brooklyn
Brooklyn is becoming a hotspot for urban agriculture, and one company is trying to change the distance our produce has to travel to end up on our plates. CBS2’s Hannah Kliger shows us how a rooftop and a green thumb can feed millions
Q&A: Freight Farms' Rick Vanzura Talks Partnering With Schools And Universities
Freight Farms partners include Auburn University, Mountain Vista High School in California and Saint Joseph's College of Maine
5 Suggestions For Starting A Vertical Farm
Starting a vertical farm can be an exciting and rewarding venture, but it also requires careful planning and research. Here are five suggestions to consider when starting a vertical farm
TURKS & CAICOS: The Farm Restaurant At Seven Stars Resort & Spa To Open Soon
The new restaurant concept, which will be located on the corner of Grace Bay Road, just west of the Seven Stars Resort entrance, will showcase a collection of chef-curated herbs, greens and produce grown and managed by the culinary team in its on-site Freight Farms hydroponic farm
ACTX Sees The Future of Farming In America's Cities
Company's GrowPods allow farming of hemp, leafy greens, and certain fruits and vegetables virtually anywhere
A School Uses A Freight Farm For FFA Programming And Agriculture Education
Lessons on the parts of seeds, plants, and flowers and their functions and on plant reproduction are intermixed with students being tasked with identifying careers around plant science.
VIDEO: Las Vegas, Nevada - First Seedlings Begin To Sprout At Historic Westside Urban Farm
Las Vegas (KSNV) — Crops at the new Historic Westside farm are beginning to bloom
ZipGrow: Changing The Future of Food
Eric Lang, Founder and President of ZipGrow Inc. in Cornwall has a philosophy that works well for him. “Embrace change and make it work,” he says with confidence
Could A Container Farm Be The Right Choice For Your CEA Facility?
Agritecture Designer recently introduced a new modeling feature: the ability to design container farms. This method of farming has many advantages for the right farmer and is a great way for smaller operations to get off the ground because of the (typically) lower CapEx involved in opening the farm

