Cultivating Curiosity and Growth through Urban Farming in Schools Urban farming, traditionally seen as a method to combat food deserts and promote sustainability in city landscapes, has rooted itself within a novel environment: the educational sector. This integration of agriculture into daily learning activities is not merely about planting seeds but about sowing the fundamentals of science, responsibility, and teamwork among young learners. Freight Farms, a leader in innovative agricultural solutions, pioneers this green revolution in schools through its state-of-the-art hydroponic systems ..read more

  Learn how to farm in the most advanced hydroponic container farm on the market, the Greenery, and the labor requirements you can expect. A career in farming has historically been associated with unpredictable schedules and long hours. However, through Freight Farms’ innovative technology, design, and automation, we've streamlined farm operations and significantly reduced the time required to manage a farm. What some might consider a part-time job – 25 to 35 hours per week – is now all that’s needed to run a profitable farm, making this field more accessible than ever before. In this gui ..read more

    Hamilton Horne is the highly successful entrepreneur behind King Tide Farms, a Freight Farming business in Charleston, SC. He sells produce to the city’s high-end restaurants, whose chefs love the microgreens, flavorful leafy greens, and herbs that he grows.  Building relationships with chefs can be intimidating, so Hamilton is giving us the inside scoop on how to sell produce to restaurants. Hamilton’s Tips for Selling to Restaurants 1. Be a sleuth: Research your market. What are the top restaurants and chefs in town? Do your research on the local food scene to find out. L ..read more

I’m Answering Boys & Girls Clubs’ Questions Following the BGCA National Conference Tommy Garry (left), article author, with the Freight Farms team at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America National Conference I recently had the opportunity to exhibit at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America National Conference with a few other members of the Freight Farms team.  Because our company has partnered with several Boys & Girls Clubs to start container farms at after-school programs (and hopes to partner with more in the future), this conference was particularly valuable. It gave us the ..read more

The most important resource we have on Earth is not a fossil fuel or a precious metal — it’s water. A stunning majority (over 70%!) of the world’s freshwater is used for agriculture … but while it’s monopolizing all that water, agriculture steadily pollutes the world’s water supply. In observance of Earth Day, we’re exploring water scarcity and pollution and the potential for controlled environment agriculture to improve farming’s role in it all. Image source: Circle of Blue Freshwater Access and Water Scarcity Freshwater accounts for only 3% of all the water on the planet, and two-thirds of ..read more

  Want to teach kids? Increase food access for a food desert? Serve veterans, increase mental health, improve nutrition, and more? Check, check, check. There are countless ways to use a Freight Farm as a nonprofit. A container farm doesn’t just allow you to grow lots of fresh food to feed your population; it offers immense potential. Here are just 10 nonprofits that use container farms to serve a wide variety of populations through unique programs, sustained by diverse funding streams. Learn how each of them turned idea into impact. 1. The shelter where a farm helps women and children hea ..read more

  February is National Pesticide Safety Education Month. We’re taking the opportunity to look into the obscure chemicals in our food: What are they? Do we really need them? How bad are they for humans and the environment? How safe are they to eat, really? We’re answering those questions — and more. Photo: Civil Eats Pesticides We’re all familiar with this term, in a vague sense. Specifically, pesticides are chemicals used to kill, prevent, or control a plant or animal considered to be a pest. Some of the most common pesticides are antimicrobials, fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides ..read more

  As you may have seen in our 2022 Annual Review, we released a new line of hydroponic nutrients last year! Our in-house team of plant scientists worked diligently to curate and test these new and improved hydroponic nutrients: farmhand form, grow, and boost Over 160+ trials, the new farmhand nutrients were tested against a comparable competing nutrient blend and showed a 30% yield increase, on average. What makes them so powerful? We break down the three-part formula below.   farmhand form Form is the primary source of nitrogen in the trio. It also fortifies water with calcium and m ..read more

   Image courtesy of Superbloom Farms    We’re examining the latest national and global trends. 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.    Food Safety IFIC reports that 50% of Americans view foodborne illness as the current most important food safety issue. It’s not a surprising statistic — continuing the trend of previous years, 2022 saw ..read more

     Happy New Year, everyone! We’re taking the arrival of 2023 as a chance to reflect on the last year at Freight Farms. Over the last 12 months, we’ve grown quite a bit … and so have our farmers! Most notably on the company front, we received Series B3 funding! We’re looking forward to investing these funds into enhancing the experience of being a Freight Farmer — from building our Customer Experience team, to increasing the capabilities of our farmhand® automation software, to developing more products that fit the needs of our diverse customer and fan base. Keep reading for ..read more