Why 2025 Is the Perfect Year to Start Your Hydroponic Farming Business

Discover why 2025 is the ideal time to start a hydroponic farming business. From food safety and local sourcing to sustainability and advanced technology, this guide covers the key trends and opportunities shaping the future of agriculture.

Food for Thought, Small BusinessGuest UserJanuary 3, 2025Supply chain, Health and wellness, Local Food Movement, Local food production, Local food, Sustainability, Small business, Farming as a business, food safety, 2023Comment

Urban Agriculture: Maximizing Space, Minimizing Impact

Urban agriculture is revolutionizing food production in cities, transforming unused spaces like rooftops and vacant lots into thriving farms. Discover how urban farming enhances food security, sustainability, and economic growth, while reducing environmental impact.

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Freight Farmer Q&A: Nabeela Lakhani

With the end of Square Roots' first year in sight, we spoke with Resident Entrepreneur Nabeela Lakhani about her experience growing in an LGM, her plans for the future, as well as her thoughts on the food system.

Farmer SpotlightEmma MarksJuly 25, 2017Freight Farms, Square Roots, Local food production, New York, Hydroponics, Shipping container farm, Entrepreneur Comment

Grow Food Here: Corner Stalk Farm

Shawn and Connie Cooney started careers as farmers in 2013 because they wanted to do something different. After purchasing four Leafy Green Machines, the husband and wife duo launched their new business, Corner Stalk Farm, and became the largest commercial urban farm in the city of Boston.

VET VEGGIES

We’d like to formally introduce you to Jerry Martin, owner of Vet Veggies and our first Veteran freight farmer.

Freight Farms Goes to College!

We’re thrilled to finally announce the first university campus to integrate the Leafy Green Machine into their dining operations. Stony Brook University in New York is already a leader in sustainability, but decided to take things a step further by growing food right next to its dining hall.

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In Celebration: National Farmers Market Week

This week is National Farmers Market Week and the timing couldn’t be better, as we celebrate the local food marketplaces strengthening communities across the US, we’d also like to highlight one incredible project that was launched here in Boston.

Inaugural stop of the LGM Tour: Gettysburg College

Freight Farms provides a tool for schools to make an immediate impact on their local food supply - simply place one on campus and get growing!

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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.

We're Talkin Trash...in a Zero Waste Kind of Way

Picture this: the perfect late summer day, an abundance of local food, and thousands of foodies and passersby gathering to enjoy the bounty of regional producers. That was the scene on the Rose Kennedy Greenway this past Sunday afternoon at the Boston Local Food Festival.