Like lettuce, spinach grows fast and isn’t very tall, so it doesn’t put down deep roots. This makes it a terrific container ...

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 ...

Even if you have an in-ground garden, you should grow some plants in pots 🪴 ...

Near the entrance of a 40-foot container farm installed at New Mexico State University’s Grants campus, dozens of 4-day-old kale plants lined a horizontal nursery bed, sprouting at various lengths in ...

John Lekic is the chef and owner of Farmers & Chefs in Poughkeepsie and vertically grows his own produce for his restaurant in a shipping container on site. He came across the concept of shipping ...

While it’ll likely take a few years to catch on, shipping container aeroponic farming could be coming to a restaurant near you. Share Farm-to-table may have worked its way into our everyday vocabulary ...

Since 2016, Square Roots–the indoor urban farming startup founded by Kimbal Musk and entrepreneur Tobias Peggs–has been producing a steady output of fresh herbs and greens. In 10 shipping containers ...

Freight Farms co-founders Jon Friedman, left, and Brad McNamara in a retrofitted shipping container using hydroponics and LED lighting to grow such plants as basil ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Brian Harris is not a traditional farmer. But neither is the tender kale, spicy arugula and crispy pak choi he raises inside a converted freight container on the edge of ...

Gradually, the user started planting flowers, adding lights, and sprucing up the garden into a small outdoor oasis. Homeowner shares before-and-after photos of backyard transformation using surprising ...

In 2016, Kimbal Musk cofounded Square Roots, an accelerator that teaches farmers how to raise crops with LED lighting in climate-controlled shipping containers. He quickly received more than 500 ...