In this episode, I speak with Rick Vanzura, CEO of Freight Farms, who takes us on a captivating journey from his days in the retail trenches to becoming a trailblazer in the vertical farming industry

Mario Vitalis, Indianapolis, wanted to expand his expertise from his regular 9-to-5 job to develop his own business and support his community. He dreamed of providing fresh food to his community through urban farming

Tova started her hydroponic farming business VertiGreens in St. Louis, MO, to sell to the top chefs and restaurants in the area. With a now successful Freight Farm operation

A year after starting her microgreens business, she purchased a crop box, a modified and automated shipping container, and set it up in her backyard. One person running the shipping container five days a week for three to four hours a day produces three tons of microgreens annually, she says

A lifelong entrepreneur with a love for the food and beverage industry, Hamilton brings years of sales and restaurant experience to the work of farming

Despite Colorado’s cold winter weather, two shipping containers at Uller’s Garden sprout vertical panels of lettuce, arugula and basil. Equal to five acres of land and using 95% less water, the hydroponic system feeds the growing rows of plants with essential nutrients from a constantly circulating water system while high efficiency LED lights supply them with all the sunshine they could need

As New England’s leader in dining hospitality, Gourmet is renowned for its talented chefs; impeccable service; and for producing thousands of unforgettable corporate events, weddings, galas, mitzvahs and every kind of social occasion

Bowen Harvest, 500-square-foot hydroponic container farm, will bring free fresh produce to Altgeld Gardens, a food desert. Credit: By The Hand Club For Kids

A Freight Farmers Journey: How this Entrepreneur Launched a Hydroponic Farming Business in St. Louisw ith Amy Martin and Tova Feinberg

The Federal funding agency expects to award approximately $6,100,000 through this opportunity. However, the agency retains the discretion to award a larger or lesser amount

Depending on your goals for a Freight Farming program, you can shift your focus from production and profit to education, crop experimentation, farm activities, or other opportunities

Harbor Media spoke with CEO Rick Vanzura about their vertical farming system company

According to city officials, this will be the first of four markets scheduled to be held at the park in 2024

In the world of M&A, Freight Farms, the leading seller of container farms in North America, has entered into a merger agreement with Agrinam Acquisition Corp. to go public via SPAC

The concept of shipping container farms emerges as a beacon of hope and innovation as conventional farming methods face challenges such as land scarcity, water shortages, and the impact of climate change

Geb-ra Organics, a startup that aims to build an Aquaponics farming complex in Baltimore using recycled shipping containers, with a public and private school system training program, won first place and $35,000 in grant funding

The Tontons Flowers team is a family structure made up of two brothers passionate about everything related to the environment and the culinary world

Ditto Foods is a Chicago-based hydroponic farming company combating food deserts by growing fresh produce in shipping containers — for a fraction of the price of traditional farming! CEO and founder Derek shares how he was inspired to start the company after losing his job during the pandemic