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>>SO TODAY WE'RE OUT AT
SAHIB AQUAPONICS FARM.
IT'S AN INSTALLATION OF A
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL
METHOD THAT WE'RE DOING
HERE, IN WINTER PARK.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IS
PARTNERED UP WITH SAHIB TO
TURN THE WASTE SPACE OF A
SHOPPING CENTER INTO A
FOOD OASIS.
>>AQUAPONICS IS SO
IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT
BRINGS PEOPLE INTO THE
RELM OF BEING ABLE TO FARM
WHO NEVER THOUGHT THAT
THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO AND
IN FAR LESS LAND THAN THEY
EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE.
>>ALSO AQUAPONICS ENDS UP
USING ABOUT 10% OF THE
WATER OF TRADITIONAL
GARDENING DOES AND YOU'RE
ABLE TO ESTABLISH A CLOSED
LOOP SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM
THAT JUST KEEPS PRODUCING.
>>THERE'S A FEW
INGREDIENTS THAT YOU NEED
AND PRETTY MUCH THE REST
IS UP TO YOUR OWN
INTERPRETATION WITH
WHATEVER MATERIALS YOU
HAVE.
YOU MAINLY NEED A
CONTAINER, YOU NEED WATER,
YOU NEED A PUMP FOR
CIRCULATION, AND YOU NEED
NUTRIENTS.
>>WE HAVE VARIOUS
DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF
AQUAPONICS, VERMAPONICS,
RAISE BED ORGANIC
GARDENING, AND OTHERS THAT
BASICALLY WE USE AS A TEST
BED SO THAT WE CAN BRING
PEOPLE OUT HERE ON A
MONTHLY BASIS, GIVE THEM
TOURS AND THEN ALSO HELP
TO DEVELOP DIFFERENT
AQUAPONIC AND VERMAPONIC
SYSTEMS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
>>WE GOT INVITED TO WORK
ON THIS PROJECT AT THE
W-R-C-C WHERE WE WERE
INSTALLING RAISED GARDEN
BEDS AND IN THE BEGINNING
OF THAT PROJECT, JESSICA
FROM THE U.S.
GREEN BUSINESS COUNCIL HAD
ASKED IF WE COULD INSTALL
A VERMAPOINC SYSTEM.
>>WE'RE INTRODUCING TWO
TOTALLY DIFFERENT TYPES OF
GARDENING METHODS.
AN AQUAPONICS UNIT, WHICH
WE'RE CALLING VERMAPONICS
BECAUSE INSTEAD OF FISH,
WE'RE USING WORMS.
AND ALSO THE TRADITIONAL
KIND OF RAISED BED
GARDENS.
>>THIS PROJECT IS REALLY
APPEALING BECAUSE IT'S MY
FIRST PROJECT THAT I GOT
TO WORK ON DESIGNING, AND
BUILDING, AND INSTALLING
MY OWN SYSTEM AND I THINK
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT
GROWING YOUR OWN FOOD .
ESPECIALLY IN THIS TYPE OF
ENVIRONMENT WHERE A LOT OF
THE PEOPLE HERE WOULDN'T
NECESSARILY THINK ABOUT
IT.
>>THE VISION OF
REVITALIZING THE W-R-C-C
TO INCORPORATE GREEN
BUILDING PRACTICES, AS
WELL AS, SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURE METHODS IS A
HUGE DEAL AND WE'RE ALSO
SEEING THAT THE WOMEN AND
THE CHILDREN WANT THIS.
>>THROUGH COMING IN AND
DOING THIS PROJECT WE'VE
HAD QUITE A FEW OF THE
RESIDENTS GET REALLY
EXCITED.
THEY'RE ALWAYS COMING UP
AND ASKING QUESTIONS AND
BEING LIKE OH SO WHEN CAN
WE START EATING THE
PRODUCE THAT'S IN THERE?
>>WE DON'T JUST WANT TO
PUT IN A GARDEN AND LEAVE,
BECAUSE AFTER ALL THERE IS
THIS DISCONNECT OF FOOD
THERE.
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO
TAKE CARE OF A GARDEN, AND
WHEN THE VEGETABLES GROW
THEY DON'T NECESSARILY
KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM
IN MANY CASES.
>>WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO
IS INCORPORATE DIVERSITY
WITHIN THE FOOD THAT ARE
GOING TO BE GROWING IN
THESE BEDS, AND ALSO TEACH
THE WOMEN AND THE CHILDREN
AT THIS REHAB CENTER, NOT
ONLY HOW TO GROW THESE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOODS,
BUT HOW TO TURN THAT FOOD
INTO A MEAL.
>>HAVING THIS KIND OF DUAL
APPROACH TO TRY TO SHOW
THEM THAT PRODUCING THEIR
OWN FOOD IS VERY CHEAP
AFTER ALL.
THE POOREST PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD ARE SUBSISTENCE
FARMERS SO IT'S NOT A
DIFFICULT THING TO GET
INTO IF YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE DOING AND THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT.
>>IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE
ABLE TO COME IN, DO THIS
SYSTEM AND SEE IT MAKE A