Featured comment
Brad McNamara
@carfreebrad · CEO, Freight Farms
Big Hello to the producthunt community. I'm Brad McNamara co-founder of Freight Farms. We've been looking at this problem since way back in '09 and Im so happy to have Freight Farmers from all walks of life growing fresh local produce year round across the US and Canada. We've learned so much from our farmers over the past two years and I'll do my best to… See more
4sharetweet・
Hunter
Makers
Discussion
Joshua Scott
@startupjoshua · Director of Product @ CyberSponse
I'm also interested to see how their energy consumption compares. Most produce on east coast goes by refrigerated rail cars that use diesel.
I remember finding studies some time ago while working on a local food project that show only ~25% of the energy needed to get from seed to table comes from transportation. The rest of it is from other inputs like fer… See more
H
ece (。◕‿◕。)
@ecetweets · Product @ Mashable
Interesting idea - a cloud-connected hydroponic farm inside an insulated shipping container so people can grow local produce year-round, even in the middle of a terrible winter like we have now. An 8x40 ft container is supposed to grow as much leafy produce as a 1 acre plot of land on a traditional farm.
Goal is great but would love to see more data to bac… See more
Rob Millis
@robmillis · dork
This is one of the best agtech innovations I've ever seen. I visited a unit in Boston last winter to get a closer look and was hugely impressed. I'd love to see these stacked 10 high in undervalued industrial yards.
Freight Farms has several units that have been operating in various climates for more than a year, allowing them to get some pretty specific da… See more
M
Brad McNamara
@carfreebrad · CEO, Freight Farms
Big Hello to the producthunt community. I'm Brad McNamara co-founder of Freight Farms. We've been looking at this problem since way back in '09 and Im so happy to have Freight Farmers from all walks of life growing fresh local produce year round across the US and Canada. We've learned so much from our farmers over the past two years and I'll do my best to… See more
Chris Messina
@chrismessina · 🏆 PH Community Member of the Year!
So what if I wanted to bring one of these to Burning Man?