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By Fire and Light Media Group

This short film series, Meet your Urban Farmer, will introduce urban farmers in the Metro Vancouver area. If you’ve never had the opportunity to meet the wonderful array of passionate individuals behind the urban farming movement, and the wonderful food they grow for the community, this will be an opportunity you won’t want to miss.

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The Tower Garden system can be utilized in place of hydroponics for indoor growing. Pictured here are 6,000 plants spaces in a solar powered aeroponic system in 23’ by 96’ greenhouse.

“These efficient, eco-friendly farms create green spaces that provide food for the community; they are ideal for New Orleans, where growing areas may be limited or paved.”

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NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 9, 2012

Today, urban agriculture development company Aquaponic Modular Production Systems (AMPS) debuted its new project – the very first aeroponic farm in New Orleans.

Hollygrove Farm and Market is hosting the AMPS design to showcase an innovative way to grow fresh produce for the community sustainably – recirculating farming. Recirculating farms use clean recycled water in place of soil to grow food. “Aeroponics” is one type of these farms, where plants grow in vertical towers. AMPS plans to build many other recirculating farms throughout New Orleans to provide more local sources of healthy food.

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