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Campus Greenhouse Provides Local Food and Research on Vegetable Production in Cold Climates
Presented by Susan Powers
AASHE 2011

Vision for year-round sustainable food

• Aeroponic system
• heating and electricity from renewable resources
• anaerobic digester

Achieving this vision

• lab testing
• pilot scale facility
• business established
• larger pilot
• full scale implementation

Aeroponic

• less total mass
• water sprayed on roots

Efficient Lighting system

• maximizing day lighting
• need supplemental lighting
• no over lighting

Food waste digester

• energy cabin
• wood pellet boiler
• solar thermal supplemental hot air heating

Integrated system
cheel->foodwaste-->anaerobic digester-->effluent/nutrients-->greenhouse-->food

Key points

• need new ideas for feeding our world
• high tech solutions
• enabling students to do projects