Plants take up water and nutrients that flow through a PVC pipe in the nutrient film technique (NFT) hydroponics system. (Photo courtesy of Barry Burnsides/OSU Extension Service) CORVALLIS - Ask ...

Hydroponic cultivation — the growing of plants without soil — is a science as ancient as the fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon and as modern as a future NASA mission to Mars. Over the centuries, the ...

There's nothing better than growing your own produce. It's fresh, sustainable, pesticide-free, budget-friendly, and always within reach. The challenge, of course, is space. Not everyone has access to ...

A new system at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is providing hundreds of pounds of fresh produce for animals each week.The zoo is using shipping containers outfitted with hydroponic growing ...