How Freight Farms plans to grow sales—and more veggies—with its next-gen farm in a box:
Customers might also opt for other types of vertical, hydroponic systems that don't use a shipping container.Some of the most enthusiastic customers of the freight-container farms are big corporations, who see it as an extension of health and wellness programs or social action initiatives. You can find a Leafy Green Machine on the Google campus in Mountainview, Calif., where it's used to grow greens and edible flowers.
The University of Georgia has just ordered two Greenery farms to help supply their dining halls with local greens more efficiently and sustainably while educating students about where their food comes from, the school told me in an e-mail. Small farmers are also an important market for Freight Farms. In Guam, a farmer uses his Leafy Green Machine to supply Wendy's with lettuce. In North Carolina, Heather David and John Peters, who sell pasture-raised meat to chefs from their WhyNot Farms with two locations in North Carolina and a new one in Tennessee, are among the first in line for a Greenery. They expect to receive delivery in May.
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