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

Unit 7 Lab Assignment

Unit 7 Lab Assignment

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Importance of Urban Food Production

Download the Unit 7 lab document and complete the following lab assignment.  Please submit your work using the Dropbox on the course home page.

Prepare | In this lab, you will explore indoor gardening.  You will examine the effects of various light sources on the growth of plants as well as the effects of different growing media.
Research | Observe the effect of using various light sources and record the average plant size for each type of growing media.
Analyze | Based on your observations, think about which circumstances were best for plant growth. If you were to set up an indoor growing system which light source and growing media would you choose and why?  Note you may not necessarily choose the light source or growing media that provided the best growth rate if other considerations had greater weight, such as cost of fixtures, cost of operation and so on.
Document | Please complete the entire Unit 7 lab worksheet and submit your findings.