Gruninger’s farm is hydroponic. Instead of soil, he grows his plants exclusively with water-nutrient solutions, alongside various substrates or cultures. The cargo crate-farm is a bustling workspace, clean yet alive.

Inside it’s always temperate, with a consistently moderate temperature and neutral white lighting flowing from the edges of the ceiling.

GROW (Growing Real Opportunities for Work) at Kazimour Farm & Orchard is making strides in Cedar Rapids by providing horticultural education that creates meaningful employment for local students, as well as individuals with disabilities, while addressing community food insecurity.

The vertical smart farm has been established in the form of a container-type vertical farm on farmland in Beopgot-dong, Ilsanseo-gu.

It is operated as a facility equipped with a smart environmental control system for cultivating functional leafy vegetables.

Agricultural science, taught by Mrs. Michelle (“Shelley”) Shurlow, is underway at Gladstone High School for the very first year.

Currently an elective, the class gives a group of students education on various elements of agriculture through hands-on experience, guest speakers, field trips, and online learning.

Live Well Kosciusko is expanding its Tower Garden Initiative in 2026 by bringing fresh, locally grown produce and hands-on learning to six locations across the county.
This initiative began as a pilot project at Combined Community Services, made possible through a grant from AWS Foundation and Cardinal Services.

In Langley, B.C., Easy Harvest Box is redefining farming by cultivating gourmet mushrooms in AI-powered, climate-controlled containers.

Using 95% less water and zero pesticides, this startup’s “farm-in-a-box” model could make sustainable, year-round agriculture possible anywhere—from city lots to northern communities.

Growcer is bringing back Rootcamp, an immersive, in-person training program for hydroponic modular farming.

Having already trained over 100 growers and produced 10 million+ servings of vegetables, Growcer’s bootcamp combines hands-on farm operations with essential business training.

Fisher River Cree Nation (FRCN), in partnership with ADRA Canada and Growcer Corp., and with additional funding from the Latter-Day Saints, is launching a year-round hydroponic farm early this year to tackle food insecurity in northern Manitoba while promoting a sustainable and resilient local food system.

Two secondary schools in Manchester are set to see the benefits from the use of vertical hydroponic towers in the enhancement of agricultural programmes for students.

The schools namely, Manchester High and Holmwood Technical High, were presented with the towers on Thursday during a handing over ceremony in Mandeville.

The Ubly FFA Chapter was one of 11 schools awarded Glassbrook grant funding to support hands-on agricultural education.

The chapter wrote a grant to purchase Tower Gardens, a vertical farming and hydroponics system, for use in the school and greenhouse.

The freight container is not just a teaching tool but also provides fresh produce for students around the district.

Known as a Freight Farm, the container is filled with walls outfitted with equipment to water and nourish hundreds of plants, and lights to help them grow.

Back in June, the school received a new freight farm, which is a converted shipping container made to grow plants.

It was made possible through the Massachusetts FRESH Grant from Mass. Farm to School, and since then, the garden has been thriving.

After North Casper Elementary School closed its doors, the Casper Housing Authority bought the building and made a promise to the school district: to turn it into something positive.

That's how Urban Thistle Farm was born, and its mission is to alleviate the food desert in North Casper.

The Latvian company Carbon Less Future has developed a fully automated vertical growing container for cultivating tree seedlings.

While vertical growing systems are not a new idea in horticulture, until now they have typically been used for strawberries, lettuce, and vegetable seedlings.

As reported by KATV Channel 8, the Hydroponic Plant Systems Career Pathway aims to help prepare Arkansas students for careers in agriculture and STEM through hands-on experience and education in hydroponics.

Additionally, the system will introduce students to robotics and automation tools and leverage AI to analyze and optimize crop data and performance, respectively.

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The 320-square-foot space inside a repurposed shipping container that sits in the parking lot of the Office of Sustainability is small and is a far cry from the 200-acre tree and shrub nursery in northern Illinois where Dr. Dave Kopsell, professor of horticulture in the Department of Agriculture, grew up.

Kopsell has been interested in horticulture for as long as he can remember, and today, that interest is taking the shape of the 40-by-8-foot container that houses Illinois State University’s Vertical Farm.

NASA has been a pioneer in the field of indoor farming for decades and collaborates often with outside institutions.

For more than 40 years, Purdue University in Indiana has received funding from and collaborated with NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, as part of the agency’s Specialized Center of Research and Training program to explore methods of growing plants under electric light.