Hoffen says the hydroponic garden at the minimum-security Edgecombe Correctional Facility grows about 300 plants in total. Hydroponics is a method of growing food without the need for soil.

The facility is a way for the community to have more control over its food, much of which is barged or flown in.

Carl Lasley harvested basil plants, using scissors to carefully snip the aromatic herb, trimming some and completely ...

As a result, the demand for hydroponic crops is expected to grow significantly in the coming years. With the global ...

It includes organic microgreen seeds, D-Klor and Zym-Bac, growstones, fish food including a coupon. Back to the Roots Water Garden has made it to the list of best hydroponics starter kits as not ...

Thankfully, there is at least one small silver lining to this bad news. In an effort to sell off its remaining stock, ...

Most indoor-garden kits use either a self-watering or hydroponic system to grow plants ... it can be as simple as drilling holes in a food-grade plastic tub, filling it with a fertilizer solution ...

Lynette Salzman, Dis-Chem co-founder, said the system can grow over 4 000 crops in just under six weeks, hopefully playing a small part in the quest to stop children going to bed hungry.