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Freight Farms: Case Studies - Climates and Countries
Our diverse farmers share a common goal: providing fresh, local food to their communities.
VIDEO: Container Farming With King Tide Farms: Charleston's Latest Source of Sustainable Local Produce
In Freight Farms' latest episode of Grow Food Here, they follow Hamilton Horne, who used his experience in sales to start his own container farming business selling to local restaurants in Charleston, South Carolina.
Minnesota Freight Farm Route 1 Giving Farmers of Color Space To Grow
Last month, Carpenter received a shipping container from Boston. A company there called Freight Farm saves them from junkyards and then adds technology, electricity and water so crops can grow inside.
Winemaker Turned Farmer Goes Green, Sustainable – And Vertical
Noël Schaff of Cardona Farms started a vertical farm in rural Petaluma where she grows an edible garden inside a 40-foot-long freight container but yields the equivalent of 2.5 acres.
VIDEO: From The Land: Hydroponic Farming With Freight Farms | Tomorrow’s Menu
Freight Farms’ mission is to create the global infrastructure to revolutionize local access to food. They are dedicated to making fresh food accessible to anyone, anywhere, any time with a complete platform of products and services
VIDEO - USA - CHICAGO: Students Learn STEM Skills & Give Back To Community
Container farming is growing plants or crops in special shipping containers instead of planting them in the ground and thirteen high school students just harvested the first crop in a container farm in Altgeld Gardens
Worcester, Massachusetts: Leominster Food Programs To Benefit From State Grants
The $5,823 will serve to build a safe storage area for the protective equipment students participating in the program wear when they work in the enclosed environment of the freight farm, said 2GetherWeEat founder Charles Luster
Northern Illinois University Unveils 'Hydropod' Project To Research Nutritious Food Growth
In early December 2023, a 40-foot by 8-foot container was delivered to Northern Illinois University (NIU) behind Anderson Hall. While resembling a standard shipping container, the unit houses a complete hydroponic farming system
PODCAST: Rick Vanzura / Freight Farms - Building a Resilient Food Future & Collaborative Partners
In this episode, I speak with Rick Vanzura, CEO of Freight Farms, who takes us on a captivating journey from his days in the retail trenches to becoming a trailblazer in the vertical farming industry
Shipping Container Farming Meets Community Need
Mario Vitalis, Indianapolis, wanted to expand his expertise from his regular 9-to-5 job to develop his own business and support his community. He dreamed of providing fresh food to his community through urban farming
VIDEO: Freight Farms Webinar: A Freight Farms Journey With Tova Feinberg
Tova started her hydroponic farming business VertiGreens in St. Louis, MO, to sell to the top chefs and restaurants in the area. With a now successful Freight Farm operation
VIDEO: Grow Food Here: King Tide Farms
A lifelong entrepreneur with a love for the food and beverage industry, Hamilton brings years of sales and restaurant experience to the work of farming
Local Indoor-Grown Food Vendors Utilize Grocery Delivery Service PineMelon To Fill Seasonal Produce Gaps In Denver
Despite Colorado’s cold winter weather, two shipping containers at Uller’s Garden sprout vertical panels of lettuce, arugula and basil. Equal to five acres of land and using 95% less water, the hydroponic system feeds the growing rows of plants with essential nutrients from a constantly circulating water system while high efficiency LED lights supply them with all the sunshine they could need
Gourmet Caterers Leverages Sustainable Farming Practices. An Employee Tends To Their Freight Farm Located At Peppers Artful Events In Northborough, MA.
As New England’s leader in dining hospitality, Gourmet is renowned for its talented chefs; impeccable service; and for producing thousands of unforgettable corporate events, weddings, galas, mitzvahs and every kind of social occasion
USA: CHICAGO - Bowen Harvest Container Farm Brings Fresh Produce To Altgeld Gardens
Bowen Harvest, 500-square-foot hydroponic container farm, will bring free fresh produce to Altgeld Gardens, a food desert. Credit: By The Hand Club For Kids
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A Freight Farmers Journey: How this Entrepreneur Launched a Hydroponic Farming Business in St. Louisw ith Amy Martin and Tova Feinberg
USDA Announces Grants For Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production
The Federal funding agency expects to award approximately $6,100,000 through this opportunity. However, the agency retains the discretion to award a larger or lesser amount
One Farm, Hundreds of Crops 🌶️🥬🌸🥕
Depending on your goals for a Freight Farming program, you can shift your focus from production and profit to education, crop experimentation, farm activities, or other opportunities
VIDEO: Freight Farms - Who's the Boss
Harbor Media spoke with CEO Rick Vanzura about their vertical farming system company
City of Las Vegas Hosting First Farmers' Market At Historic Westside Urban Farm
According to city officials, this will be the first of four markets scheduled to be held at the park in 2024