Course: SAT 230 Managing Food Production Systems in the Urban Landscape

Reading and Multimedia Assignments

Multimedia Assignment 3
Multimedia Assignment 3

This video shows how traditional farmers in the United States (Ohio) have moved to hydroponics.  Pay attention to the reasons they made this change and the techniques and equipment they use.  It is interesting how the mindset of traditional farming carries over to setting up this hydroponic system; large investments in facilities and equipment, but rather than tractors and combines the investments are in greenhouses and computer control systems.

Listen for the productivity (yield per acre) for this method as opposed to traditional farming in the soil.  Note that it is also possible for them to produce crops year around, something that is not not possible in Ohio with traditional farming methods.

“Hydroponics” video by Our Ohio, Standard YouTube License

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