The future of farming in our community may be near.
Lima-Allen County neighborhoods in partnership got a $50k grant from the U.S. Mayors Council and Wells Fargo.
They are using this money to build an aquaponics system that will be able to grow crops year round and have year round gardening. Activate Allen County did a study a few years back that showed places in the city where people don't have access to fresh produce. With this new system they will be able to produce 110 pounds of fresh fish and 4 thousand pounds of produce each year.
"Aquaponics is a modern type system. It eliminates the dirt out of it, all the bending and the stooping and the weed pulling. This may be the future of farming, as our water becomes more of a concern, it's definitely got less of a footprint than growing in an open field," Rob Cotrell, Resource Center Coordinator for LACNIP, said.
Lima is one of only three cities that received this grant.
