MOKENA, Ill. (WLS) -- Derek Drake decided to think outside the box after losing his job during the pandemic. Or rather, think inside the box -- a 320 square foot shipping container to be exact. "I ...

It's the busy planting season for Eric Reller all year round inside a dark shipping container in Brooklyn Park. The freight container holds a mini hydroponic farm where he plants seeds and rows of ...

At top, Venus Kau‘iokawekiu Rosete-Medeiros, CEO of Hale Kipa, checks on growing crops inside the “Freight Farm” at Hale Kipa in Ewa Beach. Many of the Freight Farm’s youth workers are ages 12-17 and ...

There’s a farm opening soon in Laurel, Md., that can grow strawberries in January. It could grow rare tropical fruits from Asia and Central America on our native soil. It could produce custom-designed ...

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 ...

When: Conestoga Valley school board meeting, June 12. What happened: While reviewing the agenda for their June 19 meeting, board members heard a presentation from Chief Finance and Operations Officer ...

In Wenatchee, tens of thousands of boxes of apples that should be on their way to the Middle East and Asia are piling up instead in warehouses. In Ellensburg, it’s a similar story for mountains of hay ...