Six schools across Kentucky were awarded grants from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture as part of their 'Farm to School' program, allowing each school to install a hydroponic farming system on their campus.
Barren County High School is one of those schools, and with the additional grant funding, they hope to install a state-of-the-art system that would allow high school students to supply the district with fresh produce.
Students at Barren County grow house plants and produce with an in-ground garden and two greenhouses, learning the basics of each method. With the incoming hydroponic system, they'll learn the science of growing produce without soil.
"You can grow more produce in a smaller space and also in a faster time frame. So, there's a lot of benefits, and then from the environmental standpoint, there's very little water usage because the water that's involved, most of that's recycled through its own system," explained Dr. Andy Moore, the high school's agriculture teacher and FFA advisor.
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