Using Hydroponics for Food Production

Using Hydroponics for Food Production

Author Henry Adams

Using Hydroponics for Food Production – History of Hydroponics

• Hanging gardens of Babylon
• Aztec floating gardens
• World War II-hydroponics in western Pacific
• Plastics changed everything!
• Boom in 1990’s
– Space program
– Growing in deserts
– Vertical farming
– Large scale production

Advantages
•Crops can be grown where soil is unsuitable
•Reduced plant disease
•More control
•Bigger yields

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