GrowHaus Offers Oasis of Produce in Inner City Denver

GrowHaus – An interactive urban farm and marketplace

CBS4 Denver
July 29, 2011

From the farm website:

Our growing operations are separated into two spaces: the Hydrofarm is a commercial facility designed to maximize yield for our neighbors and generate earned income, while Growasis is a demonstration farm for education and food security.

Growasis

Growasis is our hands-on demonstration farm where we host year-round public workshops, service learning events, and community programming. Growasis currently consists of 1,000 square feet in a corner of our greenhouse, where we have been able to perform basic renovations. It contains the following elements:

Two aquaponics systems, where we raise fish and plants together in a recirculating high-yield setup

Commercial production of microgreens, young plants that are high in nutrition and flavor

Community plots for residents of Elyria-Swansea to grow produce year-round

A large-scale vermicomposting system to process newspapers, food scraps, and other organic waste into high-quality worm castings

Seasonally-available space rental for third parties to grow seedlings and other edible plants

Over the next year, we will be conducting a community-led design process and renovating a further 6,000 square feet of our facilities to greatly expand the capacity of Growasis Farm. Once complete, this space will include a “living classroom” with teaching kitchen, tropical perennial plants, additional community growing space, and more.

See the CBS4 story here.

See the GrowHaus website here.