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When you think about the produce grown for concession food service operations, do you picture acres of open fields, rows of tilled soil, and seedlings lining the tops of the mounds? While much of the world’s fruits and vegetables are grown this way, there are other ways to grow produce without large amounts of land — and even without soil! | When you think about the produce grown for concession food service operations, do you picture acres of open fields, rows of tilled soil, and seedlings lining the tops of the mounds? While much of the world’s fruits and vegetables are grown this way, there are other ways to grow produce without large amounts of land — and even without soil! | ||
=====Hydroponic gardening: a clever way to grow plants in small spaces===== | |||
[https://smudailycampus.com/1064714/ae/hydroponic-gardening-a-clever-way-to-grow-plants-in-small-spaces/ by The Daily Campus] | |||
Opening the box, I found the planter, tubes, grow lights, small bags full of strange objects and thankfully an instruction manual complete with photos. The hydroponic planter had more buttons than my TV remote, but I was determined to turn my culinary dreams into reality. And, after a few hours of what I can only describe as mechanical warfare, the planter was assembled. | |||
Choosing my herbs to plant was like drafting players for a fantasy football team, except with more basil and less beer. I planted them with care, knowing full well that I had killed every houseplant I’ve ever owned. | |||
