Hydroponics—growing crops in water only, without soil—dates back to the first century, in the Roman Empire. But four millennials working out of a barn just east of Indianapolis are putting a new spin ...

DeMario Vitalis sits in a 40-foot-by-10-foot container reflecting on his family’s past and his future—and the roots that tie them together. The windowless container the size of a semitrailer sits on a ...

WYKOFF, Minn. — In his high-tech cargo container behind Wykoff's Minnwest Bank branch, Tony Rahe takes a tray of greens off a nursery shelf and places it on a counter. The tray and its clear lid, used ...

WYKOFF — In his high-tech cargo container behind Wykoff's Minnwest Bank branch, Tony Rahe takes a tray of greens off a nursery shelf and places it on a counter. The tray and its clear lid, used to ...

Waiting to grow into green leafy plants, hundreds of seeds are being nursed in a mix of peat moss and coco cork formed into tiny cubes and germinated — inside a freight container set up to grow ...