Freight Farms
Freight Farms was founded in 2010 by Brad McNamara and Jon Friedman, who saw a need for urban agriculture to emerge as a competitive industry in the food landscape. As the world’s leading manufacturer of container farming technology, we’re working to empower anyone to grow food for their community. Today, we have Freight Farmers around the world: snowy Canadian wildernesses, Middle Eastern deserts, concrete urban jungles, and everything in between. While our Freight Farmers have different backgrounds, they all want to shorten the distance that food travels from farm to table.
Company details
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Landscaping
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
This company also provides solutions for other industrial applications.
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About us
Our Mission
In an increasingly complex and obscure food system, Freight Farms is empowering individuals and organizations with the physical and digital solutions needed to supply their communities with fresh produce year-round, in all climate conditions.
our story
They began by focusing on rooftop greenhouses, but quickly realized that, to achieve their goals, they needed a modular and scalable solution. In an effort to cut down on costs and logistics, Brad and Jon began to seriously consider building their new technology inside shipping containers. Not only were containers widely available, but they would allow farms to exist in areas that couldn’t support traditional methods. As a result, Freight Farms was born with the mission of building the infrastructure and technology that can allow local food to thrive.
When Brad and Jon started Freight Farms, there was no “Ag Tech” industry – they weren't even sure how to explain the concept to friends and family! Fast forward to 2018. Agriculture technology has emerged as a fast-growing industry with Freight Farms at the forefront. Not only was Freight Farms one of the first companies to emerge as an Ag Tech leader, but it was the first to build a farm inside of a shipping container.
Here at Freight Farms, we have a passionate customer base of small businesses, entrepreneurs, traditional farmers, hotels and restaurants, corporate campuses, universities, and non-profits. Every day, the we are working on new technology to modernize farming and bring transparency to the food industry.