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Project Spotlight: Suupet Neregkwarkluki in Kodiak
Suupet Neregkwarluki means "We are feeding our people" in the Alutiiq language. Solving a Problem Historically, getting "fresh" produce on Kodiak Island has been difficult and expensive because is has been delivered by plane or boat. Combine this with a constantly...
Introducing: The Sunny Pro XL
You asked. We listened. Based on customer feedback, VH Hydroponics has updated the Sunny Pro to the Sunny Pro XL. This new system allows vertical farmers to adjust and customize their growing capacity to flexibly use existing building space. This hydroponic system...
Top 15 Reasons Why You Should Grow Vegetables in a Hydroponic Garden
Before we get your appetite wet (pun intended) to start your own hydroponic garden, we need to first figure out what is hydroponics and quickly examine the main difference between traditional and hydroponic farming. So, let’s get started. What is hydroponics?...
Starting a Hydroponic Farm Part 3 – Belleque Family Farm
With the total population of about 2400 people, Dillingham a city in western Alaska is the regional hub of the Bristol Bay fishery, which supports the world’s largest runs of wild sockeye salmon and other species of the Pacific salmon. The city is not connected to the statewide road system and the only way to reach it is by plane or boat. So how in the world do you go about starting an indoor hydroponic farm in such a remote area?
Kyle Belleque figured out how. In 2017 Kyle purchased a 40-foot hydroponic container farm from us (a Containerized Grow System aka CGS) and has been growing ever since. We caught up with him in late 2017 and asked him a few questions to get a better idea of how the farm is going, what he is growing, the challenges he is having and how he got started. This Q and A specifically focuses on the first 6 months of growing to provide all aspiring farmers a realistic view of what happens in the early stages of operating a hydroponic farm. It’s a casual interview, but we believe it will give you some insight into the world of indoor farms and how to go about starting one yourself.
Growing Hydroponic Produce on a Remote Island in Alaska (Starting an Indoor Farm Part 2)
If you've ever wondered about growing hydroponic produce and how to get into it, then you've come to the right place. We wanted to bring you a case study that describes not just the present day farm operations, but one that takes you to the very beginning. The...
Starting an Indoor Farm Part 1
So you want to be a farmer. If you had wanted to start farming about 10 to 20 years ago, you would've met several tall order obstacles, mainly related to knowledge/skills and capital requirements. Here is a quick synopsis: Looking at larger commodity crop farms in the...
The New Face Of Hydroponics
Evolution? Maybe. Behavior change - definitely. I have to say that there are lots of new faces in hydroponics these days and they are addressing an emerging and growing new demand - that is delicious and locally grown produce. The latest issue of Produce Business, an...
Hydroponics in Alaska – Growing Over 30 Cultivars Of Leafy Greens and Herbs
Development of agriculture has allowed the human race to survive, thrive and build cities, and farming is still a profession that occupies a large part of the world. Since the earliest of civilizations, agriculture has undergone significant improvements. In comparison...
Establishing Food Security in Alaska – The Indoor Growing Chapter
Anchorage, Alaska 2015 has been a year of centennial celebration, which also brings the responsibility of hindsight reflection and steering into the future with prosperous goals to make our city and state a great place to live, work and play. VHH team recently...
Growing Red Leaf Lettuce Hydroponically
Red Leaf is here. Since our very first produce bounty in mid May, we've been harvesting lettuce every week. It has been very exciting and gratifying to see the crops grow so well in the Gen. II CGS. While we've been mostly growing Butter Lettuce (bib lettuce), a few...