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Fresh Produce in Winter? Tri-C Makes it Possible

Agriculture classes learn hydroponic techniques for year-round agriculture

ProduceHIGHLAND HILLS — Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) has turned winter’s coldest months into a time to harvest fresh produce.

The College added a hydroponics unit to plant production classes this semester to show the potential for year-round agriculture in Northeast Ohio. Done in a greenhouse, hydroponics is a water-based growing process that uses no soil.

“We want our students to rethink what is possible,” said Greg Malone, manager of the College’s Plant Science and Landscape Technology program.

Hands-on classes left a portion of the Eastern Campus greenhouse filled with leafy heads of lettuce and dozens of tomato and pepper plants. The first harvest of winter should take place within a few weeks.

For each crop, students experimented with three hydroponic systems that utilized different materials and techniques. The equipment to setup the operation inside the greenhouse cost less than $3,000.

Malone said the goal was to show how easily entrepreneurs can launch hydroponics-based farms that yield produce throughout the year and fit into the region’s emerging farm-to-table movement.

Produce harvested at the campus greenhouse during the hydroponics project will be used at Café 4250, the student-run restaurant at Eastern Campus.

March 04, 2015

John Horton, 216-987-4281 john.horton@tri-c.edu

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