Save the Environment with Hydroponics

Hydroponics can be great for an individual’s health and for feeding a family, but it can also be a great way to contribute to better energy conservation, practice a sustainable lifestyle, and protect the environment from some of the worst problems facing our future. By sourcing food locally and using low energy solutions, communities can work together to solve some of the issues that are causing a lot of controversy, as scientists try to understand what’s going to happen to the world in the future.

Feeding the World

In some parts of the world, and especially across America, long distance shipping for food has become the norm. This raises a particular problem that has to do with all of the physical goods Americans buy every day. Shipping food extremely long distances leads to a relatively high carbon footprint, and while you won’t see this advertised at your local supermarket, a lot of these hidden costs are passed on to consumers, as well as the environment, as trucks or other haulers belch greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

That’s why sourcing food locally is such a major issue, and why so many people view hydroponics as a partial solution to the worlds energy crisis.

Gardening Models

As a gardening technique, hydroponics offers some unique benefits when it comes to energy conservation. Because plants are grown in water instead of soil, there may be less need to pressure wash harvests for packaging. If hydroponics gardens are done indoors, there may be less need for expensive and potentially harmful pest control or herbicides. These are also some unique features of hydroponics gardening that can have a healthy impact on the environment.

Take a look at the site for much more information on hydroponics and how to set up one of these easy systems in any kind of building, or outdoors.