Pittsburg High School is on a mission to get its students to be more health-conscious about their meal choices.

The idea is so important that they decided to have a hydroponic container farm on school grounds.

Hydroponically grown plants are lining the shelves at Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry, thanks to a new partnership between the food pantry and a Castine-based nonprofit hydroponic farm called the Good Table Foundation.

Hydroponic plants are grown without soil. At the Good Table Foundation, they are grown in a 40-foot shipping container on a rotational basis, so the produce can be harvested and delivered to Loaves and Fishes each week throughout the year.

The farm has been running for over a month and is already churning ingredients for meals and salads, producing nearly 200 pounds of greens weekly. John uses 90% less water than a traditional farm, growing 2.5 acres of greens in 325 square feet of space.

“We have our Tropicana leaf lettuce, our summer crisp lettuce, and our red leaf lettuce, which is down here,” Johns said, ripping off different plants. There is also basil and arugula, among other plants.

Step inside the world of sustainable agriculture and explore Hammock Greens' innovative, eco-friendly, hyperlocal farm nestled in the heart of Overtown—one of the University of Miami's providers of fresh greens for its dining halls.

The farm has been running for over a month and is already churning ingredients for meals and salads, producing nearly 200 pounds of greens weekly. John uses 90% less water than a traditional farm, growing 2.5 acres of greens in 325 square feet of space.

“We have our Tropicana leaf lettuce, our summer crisp lettuce, and our red leaf lettuce, which is down here,” Johns said, ripping off different plants. There is also basil and arugula, among other plants.

“The freight farm aligns with some of the key elements of our sustainability and climate action plan, specifically around grounds management and resource management as it relates to food systems and supports some of our energy goals,” said Suzanne Wood, associate director of sustainability and campus services at UMass Chan

The mission of an urban agriculture office reaches across an array of city priorities, from housing and health to public park use and zoning

Start container farming for yourself. There’s never been a better time to start a hydroponic farm.

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