“I discovered freight farms when I saw a video about the Square Roots project in Brooklyn highlighting the technology and capabilities of growing food in a shipping container. I had no prior knowledge of this growing system before, but I saw a need in the community.”

A container farm, or freight farm, is a climate-controlled hydroponic farm with a vertical farming system built inside a shipping container that produces a variety of leafy greens

When Brad McNamara and John Friedman wanted to grow Freight Farms using IoT tech, they brought on CEO Rick Vanzura

A 340-square-foot shipping container produces a yield equivalent to 2 to 4 acres of farmland, or more than 6,000 pounds of leafy greens per year

The product line consists of three components: Farmhand form, grow, and boost, each designed to provide essential macro and micronutrients to support healthy plant growth in hydroponic systems

Good news! They indicate that 2023 is a great year to start hydroponic farming. From food safety to local purchasing and supply chain to healthy eating and environmental sustainability, recent studies and events suggest that now is the time to start a hydroponic farm

Fox Urban Farm Owners Ann and John Fox show a flat of the fresh specialty lettuce they are growing in Winchester’s first urban hydroponic farm on South Loudon Street

“When feasible, we hope to add a shipping container farm to our program, like the containers in the Transformation Garden at Auburn University-- https://youtu.be/E27CVXS2QzM —so that we will be able to fully sustain our lunchrooms with student-grown lettuce, greens and herbs.”

The social services nonprofit and city utility want to participate on a “smart farm” project at Adams, Lee, Davis and Houston streets with Freight Farms

Installed in 2017 at the Robbinsville Senior Center, the farm is a container farm called the Leafy Green MachineTM produced by Freight Farms

Rick Vanzura, CEO of Freight Farms, joins sustainability and climate contributor Bonnie Schneider to discuss the world’s largest network of IoT-connected farms spanning 49 U.S. states and 33 countries.

Amidst the increasing threat of extreme weather events, some American plant growers have turned to using used shipping containers to make compact and versatile indoor farms to grow crops 365 days a year

Agriculture, as we know it today, is highly efficient. It feeds more people than at any time in history. But there is a catch: Food may fill our supermarkets, but it is pushing our planet to its limits

Freight Farming is gaining popularity by the day. The innovative idea has taken hold in numerous countries across the globe, including areas where agriculture seemed impossible

Now, with advances in agricultural technology, it is possible to grow farm-fresh vegetables year-round, even in an urban area and a northern climate

When he started his business in 2016, he was growing microgreens in a townhouse. Now he has a shipping container for microgreens on the property he farms in Castle Hayne

WildSight Elk Valley is looking to bolster local food production with a container farm project on the horizon

The idea of using cargo containers for farming has already been explored by inventive companies like Ikea and researcher groups like the MIT Media Lab

AdventHealth is the first hospital in Central Florida to have an agricultural program. In 2022, AdventHealth developed a unique freight farm, improving the access to fresh produce in Central Florida

Ullr's Garden is a brand-new business growing the equivalent of a 10-acre farm inside two shipping containers in the heart of downtown Denver