Their enthusiasm, their excitement just tell us that agriculture is a viable business and a viable industry for the youth and you just have to grab their attention, show them something different, that they’re not going to be on a farm in 120 degrees weather day they’re going to be working in 69 degrees inside on their smartphones growing food,” said Fourby

Steans said in his repurposed shipping container, where plants are growing vertically out of the wall linings, that he’s got enough crops to take up three to four acres of a typical farm

A climate-controlled Freight Farm container will be outfitted to grow hydroponics equivalent to 2.5 acres of farmland

Start container farming for yourself. There’s never been a better time to start a hydroponic farm.

The dream came true, and now the students are learning about the importance of sustainable farming and even picking up some business skills along the way. The 400-square-foot container can produce about two acres of vegetables

The appeal of container farming at Auburn, Wells says, starts with campus dining. His department has a partnership with campus dining to grow food on campus for dining halls

Freight Farms sells fully-furnished shipping containers with hydroponic growing equipment so farmers without access to land can still produce crops for sale in their communities

They grow artisanal lettuces, unusual leafy greens, exotic herbs, and all varieties of microgreens. Each plant can be traced from seeding to eating and is delivered within hours of harvesting

The hospital eventually partnered with Freight Farms, which provides 40-foot shipping containers tricked out to grow greens vertically and hydroponically

Our Mission: to provide the highest quality local produce and service in every season

To bring the hydroponic farming operation to life on campus, Produce Purpose will also be partnering with Freight Farms, a hydroponic technology company based in Boston

Nanue’s Farm and Freight Farms will hold a pop-up open house on Friday from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Those who attend can get a tour and sample fresh produce. For more information on the pop-up event and registration, click here. 

Urban farmer DeMario Vitalis, of New Age Provisions in downtown Indianapolis, Ind., is leveraging the science of hydroponics to grow and sell unique, organic produce in an even-more-unique growing environment

An old elementary school in Hudson Bay has been transformed into a hydroponic farming facility that provides fresh vegetables all year

Greenhaus Farms is a small start-up company which has a shipping container full of plants in the car park at Chiswick Business Park. Harrison Pritchard and his two co-founders Nick Stace and Georgie Harper-Wilde have been operating there since last September. This is their pilot scheme, and if all goes well they are hoping to expand across London and throughout the UK

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 plant

The facility, located in Shepherdsville, Ky., adds to Square Roots production facilities in Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio, according to a news release

Container agriculture is a sustainable agriculture, and agricultural planting inside containers is very convenient as long as electricity and water are available