Food production is a vital yet challenging process, especially because it often relies on factors outside of individual control. In cities, for example, the space available for crop growth is limited, and many environments are too hostile for cultivating plants.
Crop production expenses continue to rise despite crop revenues increasing in 2022. Moreover, a severe shortage of lettuce has recently been reported in the Salinas Valley — the region where more than half of America’s lettuce is sourced — due to a virus from insects and unseasonably high temperatures affecting the harvest of iceberg and romaine lettuce.
This is where Freight Farms’ Greenery S can come to the rescue. Their latest container farm design is a tenth-generation model that puts more control in the farmer’s hands and removes unknowns, effectively redefining farming.
Freight Farms
Freight Farms first designed the ingenious small-space container farm concept in 2013. Their goal was to decentralize and democratize food production and they have been continuously updating their hydroponic farm model based on farmer feedback. The company is passionate about providing access to healthy food to anyone, anywhere, at any time.
Freight Farms aims to revolutionize local access to healthy food globally, becoming a game changer in communities worldwide. The company currently supports over 1,000 trained farmers in 40 countries. More farmers are expected to join the community and build towards a better, healthier future.
The Greenery S
The Greenery S has a new suite of features designed with the farmer in mind. The product hopes to lift the burden of growing food off the farmer through state-of-the-art automation equipment.
How the Greenery S impacts farming
Farmers can now grow food all year round
Thanks to the Greenery S, farmers are not limited by the seasons in terms of growing crops. Summer crops can grow in the winter and vice versa. This freedom allows farmers to focus on plant health and harvest. The Greenery S provides, light, nutrients, and water at the proper timing and dosage using pre-set automation.
Improved monitoring systems reduce errors
The advanced and robust space, light, air, and control systems of the Greenery S make it Freight Farms’ best container farming system to date. The technology used in the Greenery S has been developing for over a decade and, as the company describes it, “redefines what it means to be a farmer.”
Unbeatable Nutritional Recipes
Thanks to the Freight Farms network, farmers no longer have to guess what water, light, and nutritional regimen is best for their crops— they can now access optimized nutrition recipes for their plants, which are easily activated with the touch of a button. These recipes are crowdsourced from the Freight Farms farmer network, using data collected through their farmhand software to identify the environmental conditions that will result in the best possible harvest for each crop.
Improved Light Control
Freight Farms’ custom-built LED boards emit light that is 60% more intense than standard LED lights while also being twice as efficient as off-the-shelf lights.
Join a Community of Farmers
In the past, farmers operated in silos, which limited their access to up-to-date information as well as their engagement with the communities and consumers they serve. Freight Farms allows them to join a network of farmers and gardeners across the globe, with members ranging from independent farmers running small businesses, corporate campuses operating container farms, hotels and restaurants, and educators with farms on their campuses.
The Greenery S is built inside a standard 40-foot container, meaning the technology can easily travel anywhere in the world, to any aspiring farmer. Say goodbye to hard days tilling the land in harsh conditions and hello to the Greenery S, the futuristic way of farming.
