Sustainability means super fresh vegetables produced locally.
Louisiana-based Aquaponic Modular Production Systems, an urban agriculture development company, just announced the debut of a project — the first aeroponic farm in New Orleans. The Tower Garden is hosted by Hollygrove Farm and Market to showcase an innovative, fast, and eco-friendly way to grow fresh produce for the community.
The design is a closed-loop system that uses nutrient-enriched water, not soil, to grow food. Aeroponics is a type of recirculating farm. In these farms the revolutionary technology of using water instead of soil is applied to nurture the crop. The set up incorporates a closed loop arrangement, which uses nutrient rich water to grow plants. Food safe plastic that can be used outdoors easily has been used to make the structure.
The tower has a host of green provisions. Firstly, the farm has no water runoff, thus it helps to conserve the precious natural resource. Also, the structure uses land prudently by growing plants vertically. Greens are produced on almost any place uncovered. Crops can be cultivated indoors, out in the open or in any other oddball place one hits upon.
Garden fresh produce will be cultivated for the community and about 40 pounds of greens will be harvested every week. In an area of five square feet, nearly 44 plants can be grown. The farm is being cultivated by Aquaponic Modular Production Systems, which is an urban agriculture development company stationed in Louisiana.
