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Hydroponics' time has come - agriculture without soil. In a time when we are looking for safe and nutritional fruits and vegetables, free of pesticides and fresh all year long, hydroponics has a lot to offer the home gardener and the greenhouse producer. Hydroponics Today is a collection of articles on what is new and happening in hydroponics throughout the world and in your community.
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The Hydroponic Garden--A Guide to Hydroponics
Hydroponics allows us to grow the plants, fruits and vegetables of our choice--even in limited space--without using soil. It's an amazing way to produce perfect specimens and offers TONS of advantages that traditional gardening can't come close to touching!
Urban Farms Grow & Sell Fruits and Veggies in the City (philly.com) (06 Jul 2008)
Greensgrow Farm is a little bit country and a lot urban. Situated on the reclaimed - and cleaned up - site of a former steel-galvanizing factory in Kensington, the nonprofit organic farm grows a wide variety of produce, including heirloom lettuces, peppers and tomatoes, and also acts as a crop clearinghouse for small farmers from South Jersey to Lancaster County. "I want to ensure the supply line between rural producers and urban consumers," said "chief farm hand" Mary Seton Corboy. Greensgrow was co-founded 10 years ago by Corboy, a former chef with a master's degree in political science who had little agricultural experience but definite ideas about the good an urban farm could accomplish: The enterprise aims both to shorten the distance from farm to city table and to educate the public on the importance of buying fresh and local.
Valley Teen Ranch to Create Hydroponics Farm (Madera Tribune) (10 Jun 2008)
Valley Teen Ranch in Madera, which houses and cares for at-risk youths, has adopted a plan to develop the ranch further into a working farm - using hydroponics. The new plan includes growing fruits and vegetables hydroponically on virgin acreage in south Madera County. Boys living on the ranch will have the opportunity to learn about agriculture business and science, marketing, nutrition and more.
Veggies Too Pricey? Grow Your Own (floridatoday.com) (26 May 2008)
Interest in growing fruits and vegetables picks up during economic downturns, people in the industry say. Seed companies say a dime spent on seeds yields about $1 worth of produce. Bad economic times can also mean more time to garden -- people who cancel their summer vacations are around to water their tomatoes. The housing crunch also works in favor of vegetable gardens: If you can't sell your home, you can replant it.
Vendors Bring Early Produce, Arts, Crafts to New Season of Great Falls Farmers' Market (greatfallstribune.com) (07 Jun 2008)
Great Falls Farmers' Market offers one-stop shopping for the brightest blooms; radishes, rhubarb and green onions fresh out of gardens that will yield truckloads of produce in a few weeks; assorted pies, breads and other homemade goodies, some even for furry family members; handcrafted items like jewelry, clothing, blankets, birdhouses, soaps, candles and wands; photography, paintings and a lot more.
Welcome to Thanet Earth: The Biggest Greenhouse in Britain Unveiled (Evening Standard) (11 Jun 2008)
You've heard of the factory chicken. Now meet the factory vegetable. Grown in their millions in trays of nutrient-enriched water inside a heated, artificially-lit greenhouse large enough to house ten football pitches, they are as far as you can get from 'natural' home-grown food. But this week, workers are putting the finishing touches to Britain's largest hydroponic greenhouse - an astonishing construction in white steel and glass. By the time the site is complete in 2010, another six massive greenhouses will have been constructed, providing a home to more than 1.3million tomato, pepper and cucumber plants - grown hydroponically, without soil.
Self Sufficient Life
Learn about keeping And raising chickens and poultry, growing your own fruit and vegetables, herbal remedies, how to build your own greenhouse, and hydroponic gardening. Today, hydroponics is used in a variety of settings. Wherever soil is unavailable, hydroponic gardening seems to appear. Wildcatters on offshore oilrigs grow their own tomatoes. Cooks on nuclear submarines hydroponically grow vegetables to use in there crew's meals. Right now, plants are growing on orbiting space stations without a single grain of soil.
Where to Find Hydroponically Grown Produce (25 May 2008)
Do you want to know where you can find fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs that are grown hydroponically in your area? I'm starting a list and will add to it. Nothing beats fresh picked produce and when it's grown with hydroponics, you know you don't have to worry about pesticides and poor nutritional value. Find a U-Pick farm or grow your own.
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