Hydroponics: why the trend?

Hydroponics is a method used to grow plants in a mineral nutrient solution without soil.

Some of the reasons why hydroponics is being adapted around the world for food production are the following:

• No soil is needed
• The water stays in the system and can be reused – thus, lower water costs
• It is possible to control the nutrition levels in their entirety – thus, lower nutrition costs
• No nutrition pollution is released into the environment because of the controlled system
• Stable and high yields
• Pests and diseases are easier to get rid of than in soil because of the container’s mobility
• It is easier to harvest

Here is a success story that was featured on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/09/23/roth.going.green.roof.food.cnn#/video/us/2012/04/26/pkg-moos-cheeseburger-pizza.cnn

And an aeroponics article from NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/technologies/aeroponic_plants.html

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