Leafy greens budding inside a high-tech container farm could soon impact South Carolina’s agriculture industry, and it’s all ...

Seven shipping containers sit outside a South Carolina women’s prison. Inside four, amid the lights and fans, grow stacked rows of lettuce in various stages of their lifecycle. The farm, ...

The four-container farm operation will produce approximately 48,000 pounds of fresh leafy greens annually to service the ...

The SCDC is set to launch the first vertical farm inside a U.S. prison at the Camille Graham women’s facility in Columbia.

A South Carolina women’s prison has become the first correctional facility in the country to grow its own food using a ...

The industry was a darling of the venture capital world 10 years ago. With many farms out of business, the remaining companies have scaled back.

In addition to supplying the women’s prison with fresh produce, the program housed within Camille Graham is aimed at teaching participants skills useful in the agricultural field.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Corrections, joined by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture and South Carolina-based AmplifiedAg, Inc., has received legislative approval to ...

You’re almost ready. You’ve removed dense and compacted soil layers, balanced fertility and pH through the profile and set up your soil for vertical farming. That’s how you’ll need to farm to reap the ...

A rising global population means that maintaining viable agricultural space is one of the most pressing farming issues of 2023 and beyond. Vertical farming is growing crops indoors in stacked layers, ...