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Veggielante helps folks grow food in small spaces
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, California's leading newspaper)
Posted: June 26th, 2016
http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/cathie...
Friends tease James Brady about his devotion to urban farming, calling him a veggielante and a veggie preacher, but that doesnt stop his proselytizing. Brady and his business partners create microscale systems that allow schoolchildren and others to grow produce in small or nontraditional spaces. They recently sold nine of their adaptive growing modules to Sacramento-area schools. The modules consist of raised storage bins hooked up to a recirculating water system and filled with a composted growing medium. Part of your next meal should come from no (more) than 10-15 feet from your kitchen table, Brady said, so that means if youre in an apartment building, you can put a bin like this on your patio [and] get food to feed your family, lower your carbon footprint and hopefully contribute to making your family healthier. The growing modules from Con10u2Farm.com will show students they dont necessarily need land to grow produce or to create a crop-based business. Reggie Brown, the principal for John Stills elementary and middle school campuses, said his campus lies within a food desert, an urban area where its difficult for families to buy fresh, affordable, high-quality food. Consequently, the campus worked ... to teach children how to plant and tend gardens and why fresh produce is good for nutrition. Were excited because we have our kitchen right there, said Brown, pointing to a door less than 10 feet from the schools adaptive growing module.
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