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Shipping Container Farm Initiatives

The Grow Pod project is part of a quickly growing shipping container agriculture movement, which in turn is part of a large and growing inddor agriculture industry. As part of our first year running the Grow Pod, we spent some time getting to know how other universities, companies, social enterprises, and others are making use of shipping container farms. We have collected several of the many existing initiatives here.

Consulting

https://www.agritecture.com

https://indoor.ag/

https://www.agrinamics.com/

https://farm.one/

http://www.urbanpastoral.co/agriculture#sustainableapproach

https://www.agrinamics.com/

Container Companies

http://www.growtainers.com/

https://www.localrootsfarms.com/

https://www.freightfarms.com

https://www.pbs.org/video/out-of-the-box-mlwigh/?fbclid=IwAR2asuPGBnXcr5tpJSUgjagRrijqBy9mTvYS_DgcNt2lmGwhiiqbDDw7BpU

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/2018/12/21/freight-farms-boston/?fbclid=IwAR0z0RdO1QFAPfeJok-Rj7n6OknaJHUpOvXmjnBbtoEAshgz7YFNVW0v28Q

http://cropbox.co/

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

http://modularfarms.co/

http://www.skyvegetables.com/

https://www.farmfromabox.com/

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/

https://www.designboom.com/architecture/shipping-container-greenhouse-urban-farm-unit-by-damien-chivialle/

http://damienchivialle.blogspot.com/

http://20footurbanfarm.blogspot.com/

https://www.growup.org.uk/

https://www.designboom.com/architecture/growup-box-an-aquaponic-shipping-container-farm/

Farms

https://www.rootfarm.org/agriculture/

http://www.cornerstalk.com/

https://farm.one/edible-bar/

http://www.brothersinfarmsllc.com/

https://squarerootsgrow.com/

Mushrooms: https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2019/1/18/canadas-first-vertical-mushroom-farm https://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://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/03/17/ford-mobile-farm-turns-innovative-employee-idea-into-source-of-h.html

https://www.greenmatters.com/food/2018/05/11/10JCbB/detroit-food-feed-hungry

Garden Pool

https://gardenpool.org/

Second Harvest Food Bank, Minneapolis

http://www.startribune.com/innovative-food-rescue-efforts-allow-food-bank-to-give-away-fresh-food/477557883/

https://www.2harvest.org/who--how-we-help/services-and-programs/programs/ourfarm.html?referrer=http:/www.2harvest.org/who--how-we-help/services-and-programs/programs/ourfarm.html#.WO5ApvkrLIU

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

https://www.telegram.com/news/20181125/greener-and-cleaner-colleges-enhance-dining-options?fbclid=IwAR34uj0-Z6J4p7VdhTZO5sh4Rm3FTOWFkondqs_6Q95Ugw9oli6U_wfNvFc

Lots of others listed on Freight Farms’ website

https://www.freightfarms.com/blog/container-farm-on-campus

Research

http://www.ces.uoguelph.ca/

Shipping Container

https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2018/09/05/new-details-released-on-shipping-container-food-hall-coming-to-lake-nona

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

https://www.ryerson.ca/carrotcity/

Critique

https://medium.com/bright-agrotech/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-container-farms-d32f4f13f31b

https://medium.com/bright-agrotech/9-reasons-why-vertical-farms-fail-244deaecd770