Local food is more valuable than ever before–but why? We look at what makes local food, like the kind grown in the Greenery, better than its conventional equivalent.

Guides, Small Business, Restaurant/WholesalerEmma MarksApril 26, 2017Freight Farms, marketing, Leafy Green Machine, LGM, Hydroponics, vertical farming Comments

Candied Flower Tutorial

Spring is right around the corner, so why not pull out all the stops and transform some (locally grown) blossoms into tasty accents for confections and drinks.

Business and OperationsEmma MarksMarch 16, 2017tutorial, candied flowers, LGM, Freight Farms, Small business, DIYComment

Introduction to the Leafy Green Machine

Unlike traditional farming, the LGM requires only about twenty hours of labor per week to grow the same amount of food that you could grow on two acres of farmland inside a 320 square foot shipping container.

From the Farm, Business and OperationsEmma MarksFebruary 14, 2017Leafy Green Machine, Hydroponics, Agtech, LED lights, Climate controlled agriculture, LGM, Farmhand app Comments

Newest Freight Farmers Target Baltimore

Baltimore probably isn’t the first place that comes to mind when you think of farming, but that’s all about to change with one of our newest freight farmers, Urban Pastoral.

Farmer SpotlightCaroline KatsiroubasAugust 24, 2015Local food production, Local Farmers, Local producers, Local food economy, LGM 2015, Local Food Movement, LGM, Local Food System, local food, Local farm, Global Food System, Climate change, Leafy Green Machine, Baltimore, Urban Pastoral, Expo 2015, Feeding the future, Food desert, Farm Technology, Farmers markets, Food independence, food system, Shipping container farm, sustainable innovation, sustainable future, Sustainable food system, Urban Farm, Urban ag, Upcycle, Urban 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 Comments

2015 LGM ON TOUR

Freight Farms is unveiling the newest model of the Leafy Green Machine (LGM for short) and we want to loop you in with the newest and greatest features of the system!

Inside the IndustryCaroline KatsiroubasMarch 11, 2015Ag tech, Agriculture technology, Container Farm, Farm equipment, Farm in a Box, Farming technology, Food production, Food tech, Freight Farms, Fresh produce, Green Schools, Hydroponic farm, Hydroponic Growing System, Hydroponic Technology, Innovation, Leafy Green Machine, LGM, LGM 2015, Local food economy, Mobile farm, Real Food Challenge, Shipping container farm, Smart farm, Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Schools, Sustainable University, Urban ag, Urban Agriculture, Urban Farm, 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 shipping container farm, sustainable future, Small business, shipping container farm, hydro, hydroponics Comment