Food+City is excited to announce our final Food Futures speaker series event of the 2018-2019 academic year. Brad McNamara of Freight Farms will join our Founder, Robyn Metcalfe, food historian and food futurist, to discuss advances in indoor growing techniques in the forum: "Growing Local Food from Google’s campus to Guam: Decentralizing the Global Food System in 320 Sq. Ft."
With a background in sustainability and business, Brad McNamara is the CEO and co-founder of Freight Farms, the agtech company that first established the hydroponic vertical container farming industry. Founded in 2010, Freight Farms’ technology enables the year-round growth of fresh food anywhere on the globe, regardless of climate, using 95% less water than traditional agriculture. The company now has the largest network of connected farms in the world, with a diverse range of global customers including Google, Ford, Kimbal Musk’s Square Roots, restaurants, schools, and independent farmers from Boston to Guam. The company’s latest launch of the Greenery with integrated data platform farmhand, advances industry-wide limits of hydroponic vertical farming across yield, resource efficiency, and automation – making decentralized farming more accessible than ever before.
Snacks will be available at this free event. Be sure to RSVP on our Eventbrite.
Parking options:
-Platinum Parking, 2438 Guadalupe St, Austin, TX 78705 - 5 minute walk
-University Co-op Parking Garage, 2214 San Antonio St, Austin, TX 78705 - 6 min walk
-San Jacinto Garage, 2400 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX 78705 - 10 min walk
-Street parking is limited, but there are Pay to Park ($1/hr) spaces along Dean Keeton.