Growing a New City

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By bringing greenhouses into an urban area, mainly Worcester, MA, low-income families can now get more food choices. The greenhouses don’t use the conventional method to growing plants but use hydroponics and areoponics. Greenhouses can be kept up and monitored with the help of volunteers. Problem Many low-income families in Worcester, MA aren’t getting a variety of food that meet the daily requirement due to highly expensive foods and job salaries staying at a stand still. Locations of grocery stores also go along with this problem, without access to large chain supermarkets these low-income individuals are forced to go to innutritious products that convenient stores provide. Results Experiment done by Dr. Lynette Morgan using hydroponics to grow cucumber, squash, geranium, marigold and carrot concluded: “At the time of harvest, both bean weight and the weight of the plant tops (stems and leaves) was determined. The fulvic acid treatment results in a 36% increase in bean weight at har

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