When Wednesday: Wednesday April 8, 2014 6:00 PM
Where: Outside in the vacant lot due west of the Guilford County Agricultural Extension Office 3309 Burlington Rd (Link to Google map: https://goo.gl/maps/P9cFn
) Long time residents will recognize it as the former location of the
Polio Hospital and a nursing home both torn down about 40 years ago and
left vacant ever sense. Parking is available at the Agricultural Extension Center.
What To Bring: a folding chair unless you prefer to stand.
John Ivey of the Agricultural Extension Service and I will be there
along with anyone else we can wrangle in support of the project. The 33
acre site we'll be meeting on is where we HOPE to place the first
location of Bessemer Aquaponics before expanding to other locations in
other food deserts and low income neighborhoods all over Greensboro, the
Piedmont Triad and the State of North Carolina.
Our first goal is to create a learning institution where residents from Greensboro and beyond can quickly learn how to build low cost Aquaponics systems of their own while supporting our project with the products grown on site.
Our intermediate goal is to address food deserts and the lack of employment locally.
Our long term goal is to make Greensboro, the Piedmont Triad and North Carolina the world's leader in Aquaponics and a major exporter of healthy foods.
Come join us and let's talk about how we can make that possible.
And please tell all your friends to come too.
What's that, you say you don't like fish? What if I told you this project has the potential to make chicken, beef, pork and vegetables more affordable? Would that get your attention? Come on out and I'll explain how.
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