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Denver Gazette: ‘Coolest thing made in Colorado’ this year? A shipping container farm

A company specializing in vertical farming was awarded the “2025 Coolest Thing Made in Colorado” by the Colorado Chamber of Commerce on Thursday. The statewide business lobbying group celebrated the top inventions of the state for the past four years with this recognition aiming to highlight different locally-made products. This year’s winner was the Vertical […]


Colorado Sun: What’s Working: FarmBox awarded “Coolest Thing Made in Colorado.”

The annual Colorado Chamber of Commerce event to honor stuff made in Colorado picked the Vertical Hydroponic Farm by FarmBox Foods in Aurora as the “coolest” for 2025. The company turns old shipping containers into food-making machines. Vegetables growing vertically inside use 95% less water than traditional farms by using a recirculating watering system. One […]







K99: The 2025 ’10 Coolest Things Made in Colorado’

Just knowing that these 10 things were created in Colorado can make us all proud. We can show our pride by voting in the People’s Choice Awards for “The Coolest Thing Made in Colorado for 2025.” Since 2021, the Colorado Chamber of Commerce has been highlighting innovative products manufactured in the state; each fall they […]