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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 ...

Across the country, small, smart farms are proving that fresh food and strong income can start at home. Three very different ...

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 ...

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 ...

Leafy greens will soon have a chance to grow on cold, wintry days in the Quad-Cities. Parked on cement in the Quad City Botanical Center's parking lot is something called a Freight Farm. Inside 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 ...

WASHINGTON, April 12, 2017 - Can hydroponics – fruit and vegetable growing systems that don’t use soil – be certified as organic farming? The Agriculture Department’s answer is likely coming soon.