In Illinois, a domestic labor shortage and costly migrant workers deter farmers from growing fruits and vegetables.

Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A contractor positions a container farm at University City High School on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. UNIVERSITY CITY ...

In addition, researchers hope to further their understanding of water efficiency and potential effects of a shipping container farm upon a local community — from environmental concerns to ...

This shipping container is actually a classroom for hydroponic farming. What looks like an ordinary shipping container from the outside is actually a classroom for hydroponic farming. Learn more ...

School, government and Navy officials and students gathered Friday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and toured the new 40-foot-long shipping container that says WELCOME TO OUR FARM." Koschmieder said ...

There are no permanent buildings on Davis' land, only a shed, an RV and the white container with the farm's logo painted on the side: New Leaf Produce. New Leaf Produce began as a passion project ...

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

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 ...

That's where the container farming pilot program comes in. There's no farmland and no Mother Nature to contend with because from seed to harvest the whole process is happening inside a shipping ...

This farm-to-stable setup maximizes freshness and eliminates carbon emissions generated by transporting food long distances.” A new system at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is providing ...