{"id":15416,"date":"2013-02-27T11:58:28","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T17:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=15416"},"modified":"2013-02-27T11:58:28","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T17:58:28","slug":"hydroponic-farm-cleveland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/hydroponic-farm-cleveland\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hydroponic Farm Growing Lettuce – and Opportunity – in Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n Cleveland’s not the place I’d think of first if I wanted to start growing food; apparently, I’m not a big enough thinker, as residents of the Forest City have launched several<\/a> really innovative agricultural projects<\/a> recently. Like its\u00a0predecessors,\u00a0 the new Green City Growers<\/a> has duel missions of economic growth and environmental sustainability. This 3.25 acre hydroponic<\/a> greenhouse planted its first crop of lettuce at the end of January, and will limit sales of its crops (which it’s already harvesting) to a 150-mile radius of its Central neighborhood headquarters.<\/p>\n I know I’ve questioned the sustainability of hydroponics<\/a> in the past (and got schooled – very nicely – for it); while I still have questions about the “sustainable growing practices” used in this case, the focus on local distribution, as well as economic empowerment – the farm operates on a cooperative model in which workers have company ownership opportunities – strikes me as positive on all fronts. Green City Growers plans to harvest 3 million heads of lettuce per year, so no excuses for not getting your greens in Cleveland!<\/p>\n Since this is a new venture, there probably aren’t many of you out there who’ve tried any of the company’s products. If you have, though, tell us what you thought…<\/p>\n via Cleveland.com<\/a><\/p>\n Image credit:<\/strong> jeffcouturier<\/a> via photopin<\/a> cc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Think Cleveland’s a less-than-ideal location for growing food? Think again – yet another agricultural start-up has launched in the Forest City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":15417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,7],"tags":[18,8,6342,6131,1777],"yoast_head":"\n