University of Oregon Office of Sustainability
Grow Pod Initiative
Controlled Environment Agriculture and Shipping Container Agriculture Bibliography
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Controlled Environment Agriculture Initiatives
Consulting
http://www.urbanpastoral.co/agriculture#sustainableapproach
Container Companies
https://www.localrootsfarms.com/
https://urbancropsolutions.com/
https://www.tigercornerfarms.com/
https://www.countryliving.com/gardening/news/a41170/farm-from-a-box/
https://www.growpodsolutions.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxb3S_omF4AIV9R6tBh1qSQdGEAMYAiAAEgJRR_D_BwE
DIY
http://www.homegrown.org/profiles/blogs/making-your-own-urban-farm-out-of-shipping-container
https://www.wabe.org/high-tech-farming-how-podponics-grows-lettuce-indoors/
http://seedstock.com/2017/06/05/early-adopter-of-shipping-container-farming-opts-to-build-his-own/
http://damienchivialle.blogspot.com/
http://20footurbanfarm.blogspot.com/
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/growup-box-an-aquaponic-shipping-container-farm/
Farms
https://www.rootfarm.org/agriculture/
http://www.brothersinfarmsllc.com/
Mushrooms
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2019/1/18/canadas-first-vertical-mushroom-farmhttps://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/canadas-first-vertical-mushroom-farm-is-sprouting-in-nisku
Nonprofit/Social Enterprise
Ford Mobile Farm, DetroitVideo: https://casscommunity.org/
https://www.greenmatters.com/food/2018/05/11/10JCbB/detroit-food-feed-hungry
Garden Pool
Second Harvest Food Bank, Minneapolis
https://www.2harvest.org/content_types/blog-posts/hydroponic-farming-an.html#.WpbE7RPwZ-U
Dream Tree Project, New Mexicohttps://www.dreamtreeproject.org/blog/2017/10/5/local-non-profit-goes-leafy-green-to-support-mission
https://www.dreamtreeproject.org/blog/dreamtree-farms
Universities
Clark University – Freight Farms’ Leafy Green Machine
Lots of others listed on Freight Farms’ website
https://www.freightfarms.com/blog/container-farm-on-campus
Research
Shipping Container
https://www.conceptinabox.com/
https://detroit.eater.com/2018/7/13/17569244/detroit-shipping-company-food-hall-opening-photos-menus
https://www.detroitshippingcompany.com/
Miscellaneous
http://herbngardenfarms.com/2017/05/21/neophytes-rant-vertical-farming/
https://newatlas.com/ova-hive-inn-city-farm/33058/
https://www.ttnews.com/articles/container-farms-new-type-agriculture