Farming is an important piece of the programming at the Boys & Girls Club of Metro South. From enhancing existing programs to supporting and encouraging health and wellness, the container farms provide more than fresh, hyper-local produce for Club members.
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How to enhance programming at Your Boys & Girls club with a vertical farm
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Other news in this sector:
- 2023-06-02 US (FL): Researcher awarded $50,000 grant to study food production in space
- 2023-06-02 CAN (ON): Partnership to teach neurodivergent adults how to grow microgreens
- 2023-06-02 US (MO): Hannibal Career and Technical Center to expand agriculture program with new building
- 2023-06-02 "Our newly opened Innovation Center recreates highly controlled environment of vertical farming"
- 2023-06-01 Vertical farming: A potential farming practice for lettuce production
- 2023-06-01 UK: Harper Adams University Experts investigate into fresh produce quality issues
- 2023-05-31 Researchers develop robotic bee that can fly in all directions
- 2023-05-31 Application of chlorella vulgaris beijerinck as biostimulant for growing cucumber seedlings in hydroponics
- 2023-05-31 Marine Education Initiative's Aquaponics Program aims to show the benefit of aquaponics
- 2023-05-31 US: Winners advance to final phase of space food challenge
- 2023-05-30 Light use efficiency of lettuce cultivation in vertical farms compared with greenhouse and field
- 2023-05-29 UAE: Counts of e-coli in vegetables from retailers in Abu Dhabi and Dubai
- 2023-05-29 Robot passes turing test for polyculture gardening
- 2023-05-29 Good Agricultural Practices for food safety of hydroponic crops
- 2023-05-26 Quality evaluation of mustard microgreens grown on peat and jute substrate
- 2023-05-26 Foundation empowers a sustainable future through hydroponic technology
- 2023-05-25 Effect of growth substrates on water quality, catfish culture and spinach propagation under aquaponic system
- 2023-05-25 Philippines: Department of Agriculture promotes urban farming through hydroponics training
- 2023-05-24 Bioponics: An organic closed-loop soilless cultivation system
- 2023-05-23 US (NV): Introducing hydroponics program to Southern Nevada community
