June 30 , 2020 was an exciting twenty-four hours for local Connecticut governing body , New Opportunities . After year of planning , ground was broken on a Modern hydroponic farm labor called " CT Food4Thought " that is going to bring wise , nutritious , pesticide liberal food to local food for thought banks , shelters , soup kitchens , and schools to community throughout Connecticut . In addition to that , the farm will also supply retail market stores and co - ops with fresh produce as a way to generate income for programs through selling the garden truck grown .
New Opportunities partner with Controlled Environment Agriculture Technology company AmHydro of Arcata , CA . The groundbreaking marked the start of three glasshouse , containing AmHydro ’s soilless hydroponic growing systems , being constructed in mate with Borghesi Engineering with design to blow up up to 12 glasshouse in the future . AmHydro VP Joe Swartz and the Commercial Growing Team at AmHydro will provide on - go away documentation and grower preparation to ascertain a successful project and economic sustainability .
New Opportunities is a societal service organization that serves marginalise and low - income communities throughout Connecticut . The military mission of the farm is to provide entry level , good , fresh “ green jobs ” to members of the community . Specifically , CT Food4Thought wants to offer these job chance to those with developmental disabilities , those who have been previously incarcerated , and those who are unemployed as a way to provide a path to higher level employment opportunities in both this manufacture and others , such as : the field of nutrition , food condom , environmental management , and gardening .
in good order : Dr. James H. Gatling , Ph . D , CEO of New Opportunities , speaks prior to breaking ground .
New Opportunities Foundation had a vision and work directly with hydroponic industriousness leader AmHydro to explicate the grow organization and production method . This hydroponic farm will use 90 % less water than ceremonious arena agriculture and will be able-bodied to produce more than 10 clip the amount of green goods that traditional growing methods fruit . The farm will also be able to operate class - rung due to the environmental controls inside the nursery that can simulate the perfect growing shape for plants even in the dead of winter . This will allow people in Connecticut to have admittance to fresh , local produce all yr in compare to the normal outdoor growing time of year in the area that lasts approximately 120 days .
AmHydro is partnering with New Opportunities on their Modern project CT Food4Thought and is aroused to go on to be a part of and patronize the project through providing grooming to members of New Opportunities and member of the residential area .
Bill Rybczyk , Director of Research , Planning , and Development for New Opportunities Inc , . sound out : “ We ’re planting cum for cabbage and other herbs , but we ’re also planting source into people ’s lives , and they can then take that , and they set out to grow and that touch on not only their biography , but their tyke ’s lives and their grandchildren ’s lives into the time to come . That ’s what this labor is all about . "
For more selective information : Joe SwartzAmHydroEmail:[email protected]www.amhydro.com
