Growing Minds: How Container Farms Enhance Social Emotional Learning in Schools

Hydroponic container farms are transforming classrooms into dynamic environments for social emotional learning (SEL). Learn how these innovative tools cultivate essential life skills while growing fresh produce.

Education, OrganizationGuest UserDecember 10, 2024Education, Social Emotional Learning, Alternative Learning, Hands-on learningComment

Transforming STEM Education with Container Farms

Discover how container farms are revolutionizing STEM education by providing hands-on learning in botany, physics, chemistry, and more. Prepare students for the future with innovative, sustainable farming systems.

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Freight Farms Goes to College!

We’re thrilled to finally announce the first university campus to integrate the Leafy Green Machine into their dining operations. Stony Brook University in New York is already a leader in sustainability, but decided to take things a step further by growing food right next to its dining hall.

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Students Grow Outside the Classroom

Locally, we’re seeing the benefits of these new approaches to learning. Two Massachusetts schools are leading the charge: one school operates their own Leafy Green Machine, and another is enabling students to envision, create, and test their vision for creating a more sustainable food system.

Plant an idea...watch it grow

K-12 teachers are creating new, forward-thinking curricula that focuses on tremendously important topics like a sustainability, climate change, and food.

Freight Farm-to-School

Located in the heart of the city of Boston, right down the street from Fenway Park, Boston Latin is pioneering the first farm-to-school project of its kind.

Inside the Industry, Farmer SpotlightCaroline KatsiroubasOctober 29, 2014Ag tech, Agriculture technology, Boston, Boston Latin School, Boston Public School, Boston urban farm, Education, Farm to School, Farming technology, Global Green, Green School Makeover, Hands-on learning, Innovation, local food, National Farm to School Month, Sustainability, Sustainability education, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Schools, Urban ag, Urban Agriculture, Urban Farm, vertical farming in a container, vertical farming, vertical farm, vertical hydroponics, vertical shipping container farm, vertical hydroponic farm, vertical farming in a shipping container farm, vertical hydroponic growing, Shipping container farm, shipping container farm, Hydroponic Growing System, Hydroponic farm, hydro, Hydroponic Technology, hydroponic shipping container farm, hydroponics, Hydroponics, Boston Latin, Boston Latin Leafy Green Machine Comments