Growing the Future: How ETAMU faculty aim to transform urban agriculture through hydroponics - MyParisTexas

Growing the Future: How ETAMU faculty aim to transform urban agriculture through hydroponics - MyParisTexas

Dr. Desire Djidonou is leading the university’s efforts in controlled environment agriculture research When most people picture farming, they imagine wide-open fields and endless rows of crops stretching toward the horizon. But inside the greenhouses at East Texas A&M University, a newer kind of farming is taking shape, one that doesn’t require soil, takes up only a fraction of the space and could help feed the growing cities of tomorrow. Leadin…