What to Expect After Purchasing Your Freight Farm: A Step-by-Step Guide

What happens after you purchase a Freight Farm? We've got you covered! This guide will walk you through the key steps from purchase to launch, ensuring a smooth and successful start to your farming operation.

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14 Awesome Female Leaders in Agriculture

This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the women in farming — growers, entrepreneurs, leaders, and disruptors — who inspire us every day. These female leaders in agriculture have gone above and beyond to bring positive change to food and agriculture in communities all over the world!

Inside the Industry, Non-Profit, Meet the Team, Small BusinessGuest UserMarch 8, 2023female leaders in agriculture, women in farming, international womens dayComment

How FFA Cultivates the Next Generation of Farmers & Why Freight Farms Wants to Help

We had the opportunity to exhibit at the 2022 FFA National Convention and Expo, and were blown away by the event. We were consistently impressed by the FFA students’ maturity and knowledge and their advisors’ passion. The experience only solidified our belief that hydroponic container farms and FFA chapters are a perfect match. Read our full takeaway from the event!

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2022: Freight Farms' Annual Review

Over the last 12 months, we’ve grown quite a bit … and so have our farmers! Read about our highlights of the last year, including receiving Series B3 funding, releasing new nutrients, touring thousands of people through our farms, travel around the world, and more. Don’t miss the winners of our 2022 farmer awards!

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2021: Freight Farms’ Annual Review

2021 was about thriving in the face of obstacles. See how we grew food, our company, and our community.

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2020 shone a new light on the need for container farming

During 2020, the pandemic shone a spotlight on the key flaws within our food system and the need for a workplace revolution. We saw a tremendous growth of interest from people who wanted to find a new career in bringing fresh and healthy food to their community.

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Every Day is Earth Day at Freight Farms

We talk to the Freight Farms team about how they make a small contribution to preserving the environment every day. Read about their easy lifestyle tweaks and the environmental ills they hope to overcome.

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By day he supports Freight Farmers. By night he is one.

Our head of Client Services, David Harris, teamed up with his brother Travis to launch Brothers in Farms in Georgia! They discuss favorite crops, customer moments that have made their day, and the greatest challenges they have experienced since getting started.

Farmer Spotlight, Small Business, Meet the TeamGuest UserSeptember 25, 2018Comment

Pucker up to combat childhood hunger

We believe everyone should have access to healthy food, especially children. Today, the Freight Farms team joined the #PAPuckerFace Challenge along with Produce Alliance to raise awareness around the issue of childhood hunger, and we challenge you to do the same!

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Co-founder insights part 2: New Era for Indoor Ag

The growth of the industry has allowed us to focus on what we’re doing to grow more local, pesticide-free food and create a general acceptance of hydroponics as a viable growing technique.

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Co-founder insights: What is AgTech?

Back in 2010 when Freight Farms was just beginning to establish itself, “Ag Tech” hadn’t gained much traction as an industry.... Fast forward 5 years and it’s become a rapidly-growing industry that we’re thrilled to have pioneered.

From the Farm, Inside the Industry, Meet the TeamFreight Farms BlogMarch 26, 2015Ag tech, Agriculture Innovation, Agriculture technology, Climate change, Cloud-connected farm, Entrepreneur, Farm equipment, Farming technology, Food production, food system, Food tech, Freight Farms, Fresh produce, Hydroponic farm, indoor agriculture, Indoor Agriculture Conference, Innovation, Leafy Green Machine, local food, Local food economy, slow food movement, Sustainability, Sustainability education, Sustainable Agriculture, sustainable innovation, water-smart agriculture, vertical farming in a container, vertical shipping container farm, vertical farming, vertical farming in a shipping container farm, vertical hydroponic growing, vertical hydroponics, vertical hydroponic farm, vertical farm, Hydroponics, Hydroponic Growing System, Hydroponic Technology, hydroponic shipping container farm Comment

It's Food Day, Time to Eat Real.

October 24th is a day foodies across the country look forward to every year - it’s an entire day dedicated to celebrating and eating real food, and advocating for positive change in the food system.