![]() Manuela Zamora, executive director of NY Sun Works, said of the planned expansion of the program, “This expansion will not only bring hands-on hydroponic farming curriculum to hundreds of students in The Bronx but will also empower them to take action, become advocates and be part of the solution to our growing climate crisis.” A HEAD OF baby lettuce begins to come alive at the hydroponics farm at M.S. 20, located at 3050 Webster Avenue, was selected as the site of the announcement as the school already has a successful hydroponics urban farm program. The $2.5 million boroughwide project would put thousands of K-12 students in new state-of-the-art, hydroponic farms, teaching sustainability, climate, and food justice. ![]() 25, to announce the expansion of hydroponics farm technology to 20 local schools.Īccording to, put simply, hydroponics is a way to skip the soil, sub in a different material to support the roots of the plant, and grow crops directly in nutrient-rich water. Members of NY Sun Works, a non-profit that builds innovative science labs in urban schools, through its Greenhouse Project Initiative to educate students and teachers about the science of sustainability, joined Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson at Norwood’s P.S. 25, 2023, as Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson and NY Sun Works announce the expansion of the public schools hydroponics farming program to 20 local schools. 20 look over their crops at their state-of-the-art hydroponics farm on Jan.
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