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

Pinduoduo, one of China’s largest e-commerce companies, is hosting the third Smart Agriculture Competition on Chongming Island in Shanghai. The competition challenges four finalist teams to grow high-quality lettuce in 90 days without sunlight or soil

“I discovered freight farms when I saw a video about the Square Roots project in Brooklyn highlighting the technology and capabilities of growing food in a shipping container. I had no prior knowledge of this growing system before, but I saw a need in the community.”

A container farm, or freight farm, is a climate-controlled hydroponic farm with a vertical farming system built inside a shipping container that produces a variety of leafy greens

When Brad McNamara and John Friedman wanted to grow Freight Farms using IoT tech, they brought on CEO Rick Vanzura

A 340-square-foot shipping container produces a yield equivalent to 2 to 4 acres of farmland, or more than 6,000 pounds of leafy greens per year

The product line consists of three components: Farmhand form, grow, and boost, each designed to provide essential macro and micronutrients to support healthy plant growth in hydroponic systems

Good news! They indicate that 2023 is a great year to start hydroponic farming. From food safety to local purchasing and supply chain to healthy eating and environmental sustainability, recent studies and events suggest that now is the time to start a hydroponic farm

Fox Urban Farm Owners Ann and John Fox show a flat of the fresh specialty lettuce they are growing in Winchester’s first urban hydroponic farm on South Loudon Street

“When feasible, we hope to add a shipping container farm to our program, like the containers in the Transformation Garden at Auburn University-- https://youtu.be/E27CVXS2QzM —so that we will be able to fully sustain our lunchrooms with student-grown lettuce, greens and herbs.”

The social services nonprofit and city utility want to participate on a “smart farm” project at Adams, Lee, Davis and Houston streets with Freight Farms

Installed in 2017 at the Robbinsville Senior Center, the farm is a container farm called the Leafy Green MachineTM produced by Freight Farms

Rick Vanzura, CEO of Freight Farms, joins sustainability and climate contributor Bonnie Schneider to discuss the world’s largest network of IoT-connected farms spanning 49 U.S. states and 33 countries.

Amidst the increasing threat of extreme weather events, some American plant growers have turned to using used shipping containers to make compact and versatile indoor farms to grow crops 365 days a year

Agriculture, as we know it today, is highly efficient. It feeds more people than at any time in history. But there is a catch: Food may fill our supermarkets, but it is pushing our planet to its limits

Freight Farming is gaining popularity by the day. The innovative idea has taken hold in numerous countries across the globe, including areas where agriculture seemed impossible

Now, with advances in agricultural technology, it is possible to grow farm-fresh vegetables year-round, even in an urban area and a northern climate

When he started his business in 2016, he was growing microgreens in a townhouse. Now he has a shipping container for microgreens on the property he farms in Castle Hayne