MaX FaCTS
hydrOPONiC NEwS, TiPS aNd Trivia
Asian Vegetables
Gain Ground
According to the USDA, many
fruits and vegetables commonly
grown and popular in Asian countries are now as
widely available on
the shelves of United
States grocery stores as
conventional vegetables,
which has led to more
and more Asian produce
being cultivated in the
United States. Although it
ranks far behind Mexico and
Canada in farm exports to the
United States, China now accounts for 5% of that market,
supplying mushrooms, dried
vegetables, water chestnuts,
garlic and bamboo shoots.
(Source: freshplaza.com)
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Kindergarten Students
Try Aquaponics
The Rossville aquaponics farm in Chattanooga,
Tennessee, has donated systems to three local
kindergarten classes as well as some strawberry plants to get started. The donations happened after Andria Powers, a first-year kindergarten teacher, contacted the owner of Rossville to
see if she could bring her class to his aquaponic
farm for a field trip. Ryan Cox told her he had
a better idea: why not bring the aquaponics farm to the class? Soon after, 80 kindergarten students were getting a hand
setting up their own strawberry plants
in one of three classroom's aquaponic systems. The fish necessary
to provide the nutrients to the growing
plants are a type of fancy goldfish
called Japanese shubunkins, and
were donated by The Water Garden
in Hixson, Tennessee.
(Source: catwalkchatt.com)
Maximum Yield USA | June 2013