In 2015 Jeff Adams bought an abandoned warehouse in his Detroit neighborhood and installed hydroponic racks 5-levels high to grow food year-round. In a city with potential freezing weather from November through April, Artesian Farms harvests 17 times per year, but more than local food it provides jobs to local 20-somethings. Everything is controlled- pH, […]
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Hydroponic farms grow plants indoors without soil. When those operations grow the plants on shelves up to the ceiling with LED lights to take the sun’s place – that’s vertical farming. In Detroit’s eastside Islandview neighborhood a hydroponic vertical farm called Planted (hyperlink: https://planteddetroit.com) now operates out of an nondescript, once vacant 20,000 square foot […]
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Through Woolly Pocket’s community outreach discount, Team Detroit was able to bring life back to the tragic destruction of the century-old ‘Forrest Arms’ building in Mid-town Detroit. Team Detroit’s “Green the City” project was a success in creating dramatic hanging gardens by using Woolly Pockets! Video Rating: / 5
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