Posted: 7/13/2011 1:16:19 PM EDT
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Video Here - Milwaukee Org raises "1 Million pounds of food on 3 acres" GrowingPower Inc Website 5500 W. Silver Spring Drive in Milwaukee, Wisconsin The Milwaukee urban farm currently includes: six traditional greenhouses growing over 15,000 pots of herbs, salad mix, beet greens, arugula, mustards, seedlings, sunflower and radish sprouts. These greenhouses also host production of six hydroponic systems growing Tilapia, Perch, and a variety of herb and salad greens, and over 50 bins of red wriggler worms; two aquaponics hoop houses with two independent fish runs and growing beds for additional salad mix and seedlings; seven hoop houses growing a mixture of salad greens and mushrooms; a worm depository hoop house; an apiary with 14 beehives; three poultry hoop houses with laying hens and ducks; outdoor pens for livestock including goats and turkeys; a large plot of land on which the first stage of the organization’s sophisticated composting operation is located including 30 pallet compost systems; an anerobic digester to produce energy from the farm's food waste; a rain water catchment system; and a retail store to sell produce, meat, worm castings, and compost to the community. They do urban farming to keep youth out of trouble and provide decent food in the ghetto. I'm more interested in the greenhouse operation / setup. They offer 2-day training classes for $350. Anyone on the HTF check out their setup? Mike |
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Fish build up nitrates in the water and plants need the nitrogen. The fish - hydroponic system has been around for a while. Seeing it up and running after they've had several successful iterations and pared it down to the simplest it can be would be interesting.
There are four or five of the "breakout sessions" that I would want to attend, but you have to pay $350 and spend a full weekend there to get two of them. $700 for me and my wife to learn to set up a hoop house and tend a worm bin is too much money for too little content. |