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Boston Globe
12-05-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
Freight Farms shuts down, files for bankruptcy
The company, which was incorporated in 2013 and headquartered on Old Colony Avenue in South Boston, grew out of a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. Over the years, it raised tens of millions of dollars in investments and amassed a wide variety of clients, ranging from the Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up The company's Advertisement Freight Farms co-founders Jon Friedman, left, and Brad McNamara in 2015. Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff In 2023, Freight Farms announced its intention to go public Advertisement The shutdown comes 'I actually found out about how bad it was via text from a couple [of] teammates who had just been laid off,' McNamara said in In its bankruptcy filing, the company reported it had about $7 million in liabilities and $600,000 in assets, with just $26,000 on hand. The filings also stated that Freight Farms is in the midst of two separate lawsuits — now both suspended — regarding financial obligations. One was filed in January by Vermont-based Kalow Technologies, a manufacturing company that said it was enlisted by Freight Farms to build Greenery containers. In its lawsuit, Kalow accused Freight Farms of, among other things, fraud and breach of contract after it 'knowingly mislead [sic] Kalow about Freight Farm's capitalization, market share, and future market demand.' The other lawsuit, filed in August by Brockton-based NorthEast Electrical, claimed that Freight Farms owed more than $200,000 for electrical goods and services. Freight Farms denied these charges. Freight Farms built a network of more than 800 container farms, according to its website — and many of those growers are now scrambling to figure out their futures. In its email to clients, Freight Farm wrote that 'several services may no longer be available,' including 'remote control and monitoring of the farm.' It supplied various documents with information on how to keep individual farm systems up and running. Advertisement The email added that clients would 'be contacted by a court-appointed trustee with more information.' Meanwhile, a 'I have decided to frame this like a natural disaster,' one user wrote. 'Like Boston suffered a Cat 5 hurricane and we've lost connection with our mothership. We have to figure out how to move forward.' Dana Gerber can be reached at
Boston Globe
05-05-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
Fire damages W.B. Mason's South Boston warehouse
W.B. Mason, a Brockton-based office supplier, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Sunday evening. Firefighters used an 'aggressive' attack on the interior and exterior of the building to stop the spread throughout the large warehouse, Deputy Chief Martin McCormack of the Boston Fire Department Firefighters battled a two-alarm fire at the W.B. Mason warehouse in South Boston on Sunday. Boston Fire Department No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation, McCormack said. Advertisement Massachusetts Port Authority owns the land at 647 Summer St. and leases it, according to Samantha Decker, a spokesperson for Massport. The building is assessed at about $16 million, according to Ava Berger can be reached at
