Our diverse farmers share a common goal: providing fresh, local food to their communities.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Freight Farmers Journey: How this Entrepreneur Launched a Hydroponic Farming Business in St. Louisw ith Amy Martin and Tova Feinberg

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

Harbor Media spoke with CEO Rick Vanzura about their vertical farming system company

According to city officials, this will be the first of four markets scheduled to be held at the park in 2024

Ditto Foods is a Chicago-based hydroponic farming company combating food deserts by growing fresh produce in shipping containers — for a fraction of the price of traditional farming! CEO and founder Derek shares how he was inspired to start the company after losing his job during the pandemic

IPO Edge hosted a fireside chat at the 2024 ICR Conference with Rick Vanzura, CEO of Freight Farms. The in-person interview was joined by Editor-in-Chief John Jannarone and they discussed future global trends and prospects for the agricultural technology industry

An area the size of a truck has been transformed into a thriving hydroponic farm, a testament to the innovative strides in environmental science education. This endeavor, backed by a generous $180,000 grant, underscores the potential of integrating real-world applications into the learning experience