DeMario Vitalis sits in a 40-foot-by-10-foot container reflecting on his family’s past and his future—and the roots that tie them together. The windowless container the size of a semitrailer sits on a ...

Freight Farms – a Boston-based agriculture technology company – is changing the game for farming practices across the country. Located in all 50 states, Freight Farms’ hydroponic container farms use ...

With a decade head start in the business, Freight Farms does not have major competition in hydroponics container gardening production, although, in recent years, it has seen significant growth in ...

WYKOFF — In his high-tech cargo container behind Wykoff's Minnwest Bank branch, Tony Rahe takes a tray of greens off a nursery shelf and places it on a counter. The tray and its clear lid, used to ...

Around 9 a.m. Thursday, Allix Ice, 22, a senior dietetics and nutrition major, stepped into a steel shipping container and began her duties. She confirmed that the thermostat was at 60 degrees and ...

As more consumers seek out sustainably produced food options, a new partnership announced today is taking a critical step in that direction by adopting cleaner energy practices that will affect the ...

Dustin Lang walks between the rows that will eventually be planted with lettuce for the hydroponic vertical garden. LED lights cast blue and red light onto the plants for optimal growth. (Heidi ...

Nov. 25—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 ...

Innovators within the produce industry are breaking the boundaries of food production — by growing crops not in fields, but in recycled shipping containers. This modern twist on farming is designed to ...

Charleston County School District recently announced a partnership with Vertical Roots, a leading indoor hydroponic container farming company. Vertical Roots produces nutrient-rich lettuce with ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Salvation Army is working with JEA to bring an indoor food production facility, or a hydroponic container farm, to Downtown Jacksonville. Maj. Keath Biggers, Salvation Army of ...

Ed Note: The following editorial by the senior scientist at the Cornucopia Institute, an organic industry watchdog, weighs in on the ongoing debate within the organic food industry as to whether ...