Category — Aeroponics

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312 sold herbs for four months to local restaurants before the Departments of Business Affairs and Public Health both stepped in.

By Joan Hersh
Grub Street
March 3, 2012

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The biggest barrier at this stage is governmental. Mayor Emanuel (who visited The Plant two weeks ago) officially supports projects like this, and with zoning and building inspector approval, 312 sold herbs for four months to local restaurants before the Departments of Business Affairs and Public Health both stepped in. For the former, 312 was violating regulations about livestock in the city; for the latter, regulations about selling food created with “untreated” waste.

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Mireille Massac grows vegetables to help feed the needy who come into the food pantry. Phgoto by Debbie Egan-Chin/New York Daily News.

Bedford-Stuyvesant pantry provides veggies to hundreds of families each week

By Lore Croghan
New York Daily News
March 13, 2012

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A Bedford-Stuyvesant food pantry built an indoor farm where clients grow fresh produce year-round — and provide vegetables for hundreds of families a week.

“People feel very passionate about this farm; they’re eating better,” said

Mireille Massac, who runs the food pantry and farm at Child Development Support Corp., where clients learn hydroponic growing techniques that don’t require sunlight or soil. “Their children are eating better.”

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World’s first aeroponic garden in an airport

ABC News
Sept 15, 2011

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September 15, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — The world’s first aeroponic garden in an airport will open to the public Friday.

Swiss chard, red habanero peppers, and onion chives are just a few of the 44 different types of organic herbs and vegetables growing in the middle of busy O’Hare Airport. The garden is tucked in the rotunda building, the area that connects terminals 2 and 3. Aviation commissioner Rosemarie Andolino hopes it will become a calming oasis for weary travelers.

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