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Hydroponics – Growing Without Soil

James Sprunt Community College is raising the bar on “smart farming” by implementing a Smart Farm Hydroponics Growing Container equipped with cutting-edge technology marrying food production and education.  More than just growing plants, we are growing the ways we improve our students, our communities, and our local economy.

Recently, the North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission (NCTTFC) provided Four County Electric Membership Corporation (FCEMC) and JSCC with funding to purchase a hydroponic smart farm container. The Smart Farm is located at the JSCC WestPark Center in Warsaw.

Hydroponic smart farm containers provide controlled environments for growing various plants that thrive in irrigation and LED lighting. Hydroponic smart farms provide optimal learning and growing opportunities and harvest fresh, hyper-local produce without pesticides or herbicides.

In this course, you will learn:

-The basic premise of hydroponics and Controlled Environmental Agriculture (CEA) and the benefits of Freight Farming
-Seeding
-Transplanting
-Harvesting
-Crop Trials & Yield Data
-Mixing Solutions & Calibrating
-Evaluating Farmhand Software & Graphs
-Cultivation Irrigation Flow Rate

For more information, contact Ashley Murrell at (910) 275-6466.

Beginning Date

10/08/2024

Day(s)

T TH

Start Time

5:30 pm

End Time

9:30 pm

WEEK(S)

3 wks.

LOCATION

WestPark

TUITION

$72.00

END DATE

10/24/2024

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