Rows of lettuce growing in a hydroponic system inside a shipping container outside the Groton school district's administration building will help provide students and the community with fresh food year-round.
Students and food service employees plan to harvest 150 to 200 heads of lettuce each week from the water-based system, according to Groton Public Schools Food Service Director Ernie Koschmieder.
School, government, and Navy officials, along with students, gathered on Friday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and toured the new 40-foot-long shipping container that says "Welcome To Our Farm."
Koschmieder mentioned that the latest addition to the farm-to-school program, the hydroponic shipping container farm, will make a significant impact and provide food during all seasons. The produce will go toward school meals; fresh garden bags given, free of charge, to children in summertime recreation programs; social services; Community Supported Agriculture boxes sold to staff; and for catered functions.
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