News About Farming in Shipping Containers & Limited Indoor Spaces

Curious About How We Keep Our Container Farms Top-Notch?


Head over to our YouTube channel for an exclusive behind-the-scenes video! We dive into our detailed Quality Assurance process, covering everything from HVAC to plumbing and electrical systems

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Surprise Viral Video Puts Spotlight 0n Tech-Driven Container Farms

FarmBox Foods delivers container farms worldwide and trains customers how to grow in their own farm. The company has delivered the insulated, controlled-climate farms all the way from Alaska and Canada to Jamaica and Tahiti

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Agriculture Program Aims To Increase Opportunities For Minority Students

Agriculture has always been a part of Wendell Scales’ life. While growing up in a small town in Lonoke County, he loaded crop dusters and worked at a grocery store

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CANADA: Top Quality Greens Now Grown Year-Round In Far North

The farm is one of more than 70 similar projects across Canada supported by Ottawa-based social enterprise Growcer. Founded in 2015 by a group of university students trying to bolster food availability in remote parts of Canada, the company has since helped dozens of Indigenous communities, public institutions like schools and a handful of farmers run hydroponic farms to supply local markets

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ChatGPT May Be Able To Teach An Old Farmer New Tricks  

Have you ever thought about branching out into hydroponics or wondered whether four-season container farming could work on your hobby farm? Most of us don’t have a lot of time during the day to investigate new ideas we may have for our farms. But with ChatGPT all you need to do is ask a few questions

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Hydroponic Farming Workshops at Lakeland Community College 'Focus on Growth'

Thanks to a grant from the Cleveland Foundation Lake-Geauga Fund, the Veterans Center at Lakeland Community College is hosting a series of hydroponic farming workshops that aim to promote personal growth and wellness through agriculture

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Shipping Containers Offer New Way To Get Fresh Produce In Western NY

Fresh produce can be hard to get sometimes. It depends on your location, the time of year, and many other factors. That's why there's a push to lighten that load here in New York with a kind of high-rise farming

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Could Urban Farms Help Protect London Against Food Scarcity?

A sprawling metropolis like London may seem an unlikely place to grow food, but urban farms could be key for ensuring greater food security as the climate crisis worsens

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Agrinam Acquisition Corporation Extends Permitted Timeline

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 15, 2023) - Agrinam Acquisition Corporation ("Agrinam") announced today that it has exercised its second three-month extension option to extend its permitted timeline to complete a qualifying acquisition to March 15, 2024 by depositing an additional U.S.$400,000 in cash into escrow

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South Carolina Foodservice Distributor Launches Vertical Farm

Columbia, S.C.-based Senn Brothers Produce recently launched its own vertical farming operation and introduced its indoor-grown private-label brand, Sensational Fresh

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Small Hydroponic Farm Inside Freight Container Showing Big Results in Lyons Falls

Hidden away in the back of a Center Street parking lot, by a steep bank that falls into the Black River, is a 40-by-8-by-10-foot white metal box that looks like a standard shipping container

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'Freight Farm' Bringing Fresh Food To The Quad City Botanical Center

A new urban farm at the Quad City Botanical Center is helping combat food security in the local community, but it might not look like any farm you're used to

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A Recycled Shipping Container In Fifth Ward Offers Something Surprising: Farm-Fresh Lettuce

Despite its bent and corroded exterior, the shipping container in Greater Fifth Ward is alight inside with grow lamps and leafy lettuce. PVC piping, strung along the side of the container, holds tiny plastic pots with baby lettuce. Harvested lettuce sits on a table near the entrance, free for the taking

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The Future of Food - 7

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

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