Freight Farms Partners Up To Put Farms In Innovative Places
July, 10, 2024
As many of you might know, I like to impart parts of myself on my role as editor-at-large for Inside Grower, and a heavy component of that is my passion and encouragement for projects helping to reduce the barriers between CEA and the public. As multiple projects have been announced this month, I wanted to stop and focus on two involving the Boston-based company Freight Farms.
Back in January, 2024, the Museum of Science, Boston opened their newest exhibit in the form of a small, vertical smart farm through a partnership with Freight Farms and Green City Growers. Named ‘The Garden,’ the unit will have a window so museum-goers can watch as Green City Growers visits twice weekly to tend the farm. “Climate change is hands-down the most pressing scientific problem of our time,” said David Sittenfeld, Director for the MUSB Center for the Environment. “The scale of it can certainly feel overwhelming. But there is good reason for hope in the innovation and ingenuity of so many determined minds grappling with the consequences of a changing planet, and the scientific and technological tools at our disposal to mitigate the effects of climate change while creating a better world.” More information can be found on the MOS press release or the Green City Grower press release.
Major League Baseball (MLB) recently announced they would be fulfilling a wish made by the local A.G. Gaston Boys and Girls Club in Birmingham, Alabama, as they unveiled a new hydroponic farm furnished by Freight Farms. The farm will be used to help educate youth in the community about the importance of food production and nutrition, and the produce will be donated to local neighbors.
For more, check out the article at WBRC News.