Project Overview
FNC06-627
Project Type: Farmer/Rancher
Funds awarded in 2006: $5,985.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2009
Region: North Central
State: Missouri
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Vegetables: beets, radishes (culinary)
- Animals: fish
Practices
- Crop Production: continuous cropping, nutrient cycling, organic fertilizers
- Education and Training: demonstration, display, farmer to farmer, mentoring, networking, youth education
- Energy: energy conservation/efficiency, solar energy
- Farm Business Management: new enterprise development, marketing management
- Production Systems: general crop production
- Soil Management: earthworms, composting
- Sustainable Communities: local and regional food systems, new business opportunities, urban agriculture
Proposal summary:
A solar powered aquaponics system provides New Roots Urban Farm, an inner city consensus-based collective of farmers, educators, and volunteers, with a small-space, sustainable solution to its financial situation. With the growth and sale of organic sprouts to a niche market, New Roots becomes financially sustainable and economically secure so that they may focus on their mission, which is to increase the availability of healthy, locally grown produce to the people of St Louis, particularly those with little or no income.
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