News About Farming in Shipping Containers & Limited Indoor Spaces
The Future of Vertical Farming
The latest market analysis report titled "Vertical Farming Market by Crop Type and Geography — Forecast and Analysis 2022-2026," predicts the market to witness a potential growth difference of $6.70 billion from 2021 to 2026
Cambridge Trust Provides $12 Million Debt Facility To support Freight Farms' Growth
With a talented management team and well-designed products serving a critical need, we believe Freight Farms is poised to transform agriculture over the years ahead as sustainability and access to quality produce become ever more important."
Lettuce Shortage Becoming A Global Crisis
Transportable hydroponic farms like GrowPods can help provide immediate and permanent solutions to worldwide food shortages
Mobile Farmers Market Sees Skyrocketing Demand Due To Food Insecurity, Rising Grocery Prices
Urban Growers Collective’s Fresh Moves runs five days a week and makes several stops — all at least an hour — at locations across the city’s South and West sides, including South Chicago, Avalon Park, Englewood, and Fuller Park
USA - CALIFORNIA: CSUN Students Grow Robust Vegetable Crops Inside A Freight Container
Freight Farms containers are used in 38 countries and all but one hold-out state in the U.S. “We are fighting mightily to get into North Dakota,” Vanzura said. “I think we are getting close
VIDEO: It's Not Too Late: The Future of Farming?
ABC News’ Ginger Zee reports on what could be an important part of the future of farming and how possible solutions for food scarcity may lie inside shipping containers
Bringing Food Production Indoors: Some Examples
Last month the Indoor Agtech Innovation Summit was held in New York City. It featured the technologies and businesses associated with “Controlled Environment Agriculture,” or CEA which includes everything from greenhouses that still utilize sunlight to “vertical farms” that are completely independent of the outdoor environment
Modular Hydroponic Farms From ACTX Can Turn Anyone Into A Farmer
GrowPods can be placed virtually anywhere and can grow the equivalent of three acres of traditional farmland in an automated environment that can be controlled and monitored remotely
“Mega Challenges” Uproot Vertical-Farming Push From Niche To Mainstream – Infarm CEO Erez Galonska
Access to capital “is a very big problem for a young industry, which is not mature”, says Infarm CEO Erez Galonska
Feeding And Teaching The Future
The Growcer, uses hydroponics (nutrient-rich water instead of soil and special plant lights instead of sun) and stacks plants to grow more lettuce, kale, spinach, and herbs in smaller spaces
What Are The Benefits of Container Farming?
Container farms allow people to connect their community to produce that is healthy and fresh - where food travels for minutes, not miles
VIDEO: United Kingdom: Introducing Signal Box Farm – Bringing Vertical Growing To Splott!
We’re so pleased to introduce one of the new residents in the BoneYard containers at Railway Gardens: Urban-Vertical CIC
USA: UTAH - Ogden Restaurateur Sees Green — Lettuce, Cost Savings — In Container Farm
The Ogden Produce Co. container was manufactured by Freight Farms, which makes them already equipped with the lighting, temperature controls, and technology needed to garden
VIDEO: Soof Azani And Lir Braverman Propose Collapsible Solar-Powered Like For Last-Mile Deliveries
"D50 is a new means of transportation, with the ability to disassemble and assemble quickly, thus enabling cheap and safe delivery to anywhere in the world
US (TX): CEA Advisors Partners With Celebrity Chef To Build Hybrid Facility
Glenn Behrman, President of CEA Advisors, is a 50-year veteran of the horticulture industry. He and Franchesca became friends a few years ago when they unsuccessfully attempted to place a Growtainer next to Dive Coastal in Snider Plaza
A Container Farm Is The Perfect Platform
Described as “the perfect platform for making access to local food possible anywhere in the world, 365 days a year”, a container farm can operate in virtually any location; from the densest of cities to the remote, harsh environments of food deserts
Mary Scala, Co-Founder, The Gatherer At Freight to Plate
The MasterClass is a 2-day deep dive into how you can unlock hyper-local food production in urban and rural settings through amazing #agtech

