“ we think about the most efficient and best way to keep the environment safe,” Saneei said. Saneei said further funding will come from fundraising as the project evolves. The project has an $8,500 grant from the LSU Student Government’s sustainability fund. Read more about hydroponics and climate change here. Plants can then be stacked on top of one another in a climate-controlled greenhouse instead of taking up acres of fertile land. Hydroponic farming is a type of vertical farming that involves suspending plants in a water solution with each essential nutrient necessary for a plant to grow, removing the need for soil. Hydroponics has been considered an adaptation to this problem since it doesn’t require soil. In coordination with LSU’s Ag Center, biological engineering senior Soheil Saneei, founder of the Baton Rouge political organization Cooperation Rouge, is exploring sustainable solutions for feeding the community.Ĭlimate change will make feeding the world’s growing population more difficult by drying out once arable land and increasing extreme weather that damages crops. The project is in its early stages and is titled the Amical Cabral Project-named after an African agricultural engineer from Guinea-Bissau. BATON ROUGE, LA - Louisiana State University activists are developing a hydroponic farming system to combat food insecurity in Baton Rouge.
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