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Whether it’s used as a storage shed, workshop, or barn, shipping containers can be repurposed and customized to meet your needs. Here are five creative ways you can utilize a container as an outbuilding for your next DIY project.  

Find out how shipping container farms are a great solution for urban farming and sustainable growth, and why a mobile farm may be the perfect fit for your business. 

In Los Angeles, a startup company, Local Roots, is using 40-foot-long shipping containers and turning them into “TerraFarms” that produce as many leafy greens as five acres of farmland. Not only are they using the shipping containers to grow all these plants, they are also doing it at a much faster pace, while using as…

In the early 20th century, people left their farms to come to Detroit and work in factories like Henry Ford’s. Now, in the early 21st century, the Ford Motor Company Fund is setting out to educate kids about farming and nutrition with a mobile, indoor, year-round gardening project in Detroit. Cass Community Social Services is initiating a…