Point Park University is located in downtown Pittsburgh in the middle of a food wasteland. Now the university has found an interesting way to make more fresh food available to students. Point Park University staff and students always wanted a community garden, but since the campus is downtown, there just wasn’t enough space. So they decided to get a scholarship for aeroponic garden towers. They cost $ 1,000 each. The new Pioneer Patch Campus Garden now has fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs for the pantry, which is free for everyone on campus. With the tower garden, no soil is required and the tower has LED lights and a timer that sprays the food with water and nutrients. Students, especially those interested in environmental science, can grow 30% more produce, at three times the speed of a regular community garden. The tower also uses 98% less water than a traditional garden. Heide Starr Fiedler of Point Park University said, “These tower gardens can grow over 150 different types of plants, fruits and vegetables. I think the sky is the limit. I would like to start with some lettuce and herbs, but we can also grow things like strawberries and melons and zucchini and really anything you can think of. “The pantry is contactless and discreet. It takes about four weeks before the food in the tower gardens can be harvested.
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Point Park University is located in downtown Pittsburgh in the middle of a food wasteland. Now the university has found an interesting way to make more fresh food available to students.
Point Park University staff and students always wanted a community garden, but because the campus was downtown, there just wasn’t enough space. So they decided to get a scholarship for aeroponic garden towers. They cost $ 1,000 each.
The new Pioneer Patch Campus Garden now has fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs for the pantry, which is free for everyone on campus. With the tower garden, no soil is required and the tower has LED lights and a timer that sprays the food with water and nutrients.
Students, especially those interested in environmental science, can grow 30% more produce, three times faster than a normal community garden. The tower also uses 98% less water than a traditional garden.
Heath Starr Fiedler of Point Park University said, “You can grow over 150 different types of plants, fruits and vegetables in these tower gardens. I think the sky is the limit. I want to start with some lettuce and some herbs, but we can also grow things like strawberries and melons and zucchini and really anything you can think of. “
The pantry is contactless and discreet. It takes about four weeks before the food in the tower gardens can be harvested.
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