As the growing season commences hydroponic systems are taking a large portion of the news.
"I always had a dream of doing it, and it's going great," said Amos Wengerd, owner of GreenWave Hydroponics.
Hydroponics is a unique way of farming that utilizes mostly water to provide nutrients to the plants. Some plants are put into a soil pot, but others are not, like lettuce. Wengerd moved from Pennsylvania to Fruitland with his wife and started this business not that long ago.
"We started four years ago in 2021, spring of 2021 we got going. I built the greenhouse myself. We got going, we started selling by June."
GreenWave Hydroponics grows all sorts of greens like lettuce, basil, and rosemary. It's a strange way of farming, that takes a while to get started. However, it does come with some great benefits.
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