Freight Farm

What is Freight Farms?

Freight Farms is a Boston-based agriculture startup on a mission to create a more sustainable and connected food system. The flagship product, The Leafy Green Machine is a complete hydroponic growing facility built entirely inside a shipping container with environmental controls and indoor growing technology. The “LGM” allows for immediate growing of a variety of crops regardless of weather conditions resulting in access to year-round local, fresh produce that is always in season.

*  Princeton Review's Guide to Green Colleges 2015 edition

How does having a Freight Farm benefit Stony Brook students?

• Provides students with the experience of eating the food they grow while enhancing their knowledge of sustainable agriculture.
• Gives students a hands-on learning opportunity outside the classroom.
• Inspires students to be more sustainable in their lives.

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Media Stories

• May 29, 2019: FSA Receives National Recognition for Sustainability Outreach and Education
• February 26, 2019: Planting, Growing and Harvesting Radishes in Stony Brook’s Leafy Green Machine
• June 20, 2018: Seeds Sprout Experiential Learning Opportunities for Students at Freight Farm
• May 18, 2017: Stony Brook University Freight Farm via The School of Journalism
• March 10, 2016: The Future of Farming May Live Inside This Box
• March 9, 2016: Grow 800 heads of lettuce a week in this box
• November 2, 2015: Growing greens in a shipping container
• October 15, 2015: Lettuce? From a Crate? Stony Brook University’s Freight Farm
• September 24, 2015: Freight Farm Fronts New Cultivation Options
• September 23, 2015: Stony Brook University Hosts Freight Farms on Campus
• September 21, 2015: SBU Newscast: 3:35 Freight Farms
• September 10, 2015: Stony Brook’s new hydroponic ‘Freight Farm’ can grow up to 1,200 lettuce heads a week right on campus
• September 1, 2015: Freight Farm brings greenery to SBU campus
• August 29, 2015: Stony Brook University Helps Prepare Next Generation of Farmers by Introducing a Hydroponic ‘Freight Farm’ On Campus
• August 21, 2015: Stony Brook University Helps Prepare Next Generation Of Farmers By Introducing A Hydroponic 'Freight Farm' On Campus
• August 19, 2015: Freight Farms goes back to school, grows greens for Stony Brook U
• August 19, 2015: Stony Brook University introduces hydroponic ‘Freight Farm’ on campus
• August 13, 2015: Freight Farm Comes to Stony Brook