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Here's what our Micro Food Forever™ Farm Growroom looked like one month ago.
The pink light you see here is coming from four LED Grow Lights we are using to grow our Seedlings. The Seedling Area has 11 Growing Holes instead of 6 making it possible to grow lots more tiny seedlings before they are transplanted into the Grow Out Horizontal Duffy Duct™ System.
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Here's what that Growroom looks like today!
In this photo, you can see the Butter, Head, Romaine and Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce.
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Here's the front of our Groowroom where we
are growing Swiss Chard and Butter Lettuce.
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We are testing out a new Grow Light. It's called an Induction Light; and it's similar to the T5's we have everywhere in our Growroom except here in the front. We're finding there are several advantages to Induction Lighting. First and foremost, they are about twice as efficient as either T8's or T5's. Secondly, they last 5 to 10 times longer. A typical Induction Light designed as a Grow Light will last for 70,000 hours at nearly 100% brightness and continue on to 100,000 hours at 70% brightness.
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Our Growroom Is Pumping Out So Much Lettuce We're Starting a Locally Grown CSA Program To Sell It!
In this photo we're growing Living Romaine and Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce along with some Living Cabbage. All of our produce comes with the roots still attached for a long shelf and cooler life.
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Our Basil Is Growing So Tall It's Touching The Lights!
One of the fastest and easiest things to grow in a Food Forever™ Farm System is Basil. It rapidly grows huge leaves and tall plants. Induction Lights hang about a foot above Fluorescent Lights, which will be perfect for growing Basil Plants this tall without them hitting the top of the Grow Lights.
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We've Added Some Tasty Head Lettuce To Our Lettuce Selection.
The loose, curly leaf Head Lettuce is crispy, firm and fits perfectly in our Clam Shell containers for packaging and delivering to our Community Supported Agriculture participant markets.
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You're Not Going To Believe What's Happening In Our Greenhouse!
Our system designer, Oliver Duffy, has outdone himself this time. He's designed a Vertical System that can pump out 224 heads of Lettuce and still we have almost as much room for Deep Media Beds as we had in our original Greenhouse. The photo above is what the original Greenhouse used to look like.
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Here's A Series Of Pictures Showing Our Vertical System We've Named After Our System Designer, Oliver Duffy.
This Duffy Duct™ System is working so well, it's actually what has prompted us to start the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program in our local Hi-Desert Community. We're being overrun with Living Romaine Lettuce that is delicious, gorgeous and huge.
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In The Previous Photo, You Only See One Wall Of A Two-Wall Inverted "V" Duffy Duct™ System.
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We Have Two Sets Of Inverted "V" Walls In Our 28x8 Sq. Ft. Greenhouse Growing 224 Heads of Living Romaine!
This Vertical System has been in the design stages for quite a while so it's a real joy to see it in action; and it's working beautifully. We're planning to add a hoop house next to this Greenhouse with as many of these Inverted "V" Lettuce Walls as we can put in it. So stay tuned.
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Here's the Aquaponics USA CSA Program Invitation!
If you live in the Hi-Desert of California above Palm Springs, own or manage a small local market or restaurant, you're invited to join our CSA Program. We'll be enlarging the CSA Program to include local residents once we get that Hoop House built because then we'll have enough Living Lettuce, Herbs and Leafy Greens to include our local residents. In the meantime, restaurant owners and market owners can call (760) 671-3053 to get an appointment with us to discuss and join our Hi-Desert CSA! Watch this Section of our Newsletter for a List of all the participating Markets and Restaurants in Morongo Valley, Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree & 29 Palms!
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If You're A Local, You Can Purchase Our Living Lettuce At Sue's Health Foods Store In Yucca Valley!
Sue has been encouraging and supporting us for over a year now; and her Sue's Health Food Store was the first market to sign up for our CSA Program. You can pick up a head of delicious, nutritious Living Romaine Lettuce from her cooler or get a clam-shelled box of crispy loose leaf Living Head Lettuce. No other company is selling Living Romaine or Living Head Lettuce. We'll be delivering some Living Butter Lettuce to her store soon. Look for our
zer0 Pesticides, Petrochemicals & GMO's™ Brand!
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You Can Help Fund The Aquaponic Gardens Campaign! Just Visit our Go Fund Me Site at:
Everyone is invited to become a FundGenerator™ where they can immediately begin to reach out to their network of friends, family and other contacts that wish to support the Aquaponic Gardens Campaign for Schools and Charitable Organizations.
The purpose for FundGenerating™ is to collectively generate $1,000,000 every year to invest into Aquaponic Gardens for Schools and Charitable Organizations.
FundGenerators™ earn 25% of all "Commission Dollars" that they Generate for their Campaigns. The Campaign donates 60% of all "Commission Dollars" directly to the Schools and/or Charitable Organizations.
15% of all "Commission Dollars" go towards operating the Aquaponic Gardens Campaign for the cost of doing business.
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