Hydroponic urban farm

Hydroponic urban farm

Upgrade with new design and conception of a domestic farm, without soil , for indoor and outdoor use , applicable to any environment and with the ability to grow 20-40 plants.

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  • 11/04/2016

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Upgrade with new design and conception of a domestic farm, without soil , for indoor and outdoor use , applicable to any environment and with the ability to grow 20-40 plants.

This project will upgrade a new design of an existing system, with the development of a single product on the market, autonomous and self-sustaining for growing plants at home.

These farms use a a technique called hydroponics which allows the cultivation of any plant without the use of land, and allow the implementation in any place / space, without any restriction.

The land is replaced with a solution of organic nutrients, where the plants will get the food through structures prepared for it, obtaining higher quality products, with saving water, in comparation to the traditional cultivation.

In addition to the above advantages, this technique allows the "farmer" to not have any plant maintenance work, which is a closed and autonomous system.

They are vertical systems with the capacity of 20 to 40 plants, with a 20 liter water tank mixed with essential nutrients for biological growth of plants.

Goals:

  • Foster the spirit of farming in an urban context, allowing people of the city have their own farm;
  • Get food with higher quality knowing exactly what they are consuming;
  • Farms instalation in schools / institutions / restaurants / domestic houses.

Benefits:

  • Growing anywhere without any restrictions, in places that was previously impossible to do it;
  • Realize the dream of all time and the desire to have a farm, and grow their own products;
  • Foster the spirit of entrepreneurship and cooperation among the people, giving the possibility to sell their products and supply to a charitable or private institution;
  • Avoid the waste of water that exist in the cultivation of the soil;
  • Autonomous farms, take a trip and do not worry, when you get back your plants will continue healthy;
  • Get high quality products.

With the contribution of each one we will do sustainable cities. 

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About the author

The GroHo project emerge from the growing requirement, for people manage to adapt a lifestyle with a healthier diet , with a combination of a taste for the cultivation of their own products.

Because of that we want to develop a set of soilless farming systems, with appealing and decorative indoor and outdoor design, that will allow anyone to creat their own garden in any space, without worries and limitations, to obtain a quality final product.

We want to provide this type of solutions to all houses / restaurants / institutions / schools, stimulating the taste to growing their own products.

The GroHo project team constitution:

  • Estevão Anacleto (Engineer / Hydroponics teacher);
  • Nadia Carmo (Designer)

We have 4 years experience in hydroponics systems, including installation, tracking and monitoring.

Courses and workshops in all country (Portugal).

Budget and due dates

Witch your support we want to upgrade and design of the existing system, developing a new product that is easily framed in an urban and domestic context.

To this budget we need to have to perform the following:

- Hiring a product development company to design and product design, estimated budget : 3,000 euros (analysis of market trends , product development, prototyping and production).

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    Hydroponic thanks

    Thank you for your donation, in our facebook by the project team.

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    Special Hydroponic thanks

    Special thanks to your donation, in our homepage of the project website

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    Hydroponic basket

    Sending a basket with products from the first new farm that we will install. Delivery by mail included for Portugal

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    Hydroponic workshop invitation

    Free invitation to participate in a Hydroponics workshop

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    Basket + Hydroponic workshop

    Basket with mix hydroponic products + invitation participation workshop hydroponics . Mailing included for Portugal .

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    Offer of a new hydroponic system

    Offer a Hydroponic system. Delivery by mail included for Portugal .

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11/04/2016

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