Shipping containers are bringing produce closer to consumers.

Jill Frey is the first to admit she has no background as a farmer but while looking for a change during the pandemic, she found Freight Farms, an ag-tech company that focuses on moving farms, not food. 

“I just became really intrigued with the idea of being able to grow in an urban core,” she shares. 

She made the investment in the turnkey business and now grows fresh lettuce and herbs in a hydroponic shipping container in Grand Rapids under her label Superbloom Farms.

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