Holding tilapia in an SFCC Aquaponics demonstration. Courtesy/SFCC
Lettuce growing in the SFCC Greenhouse. Courtesy/SFCC
SFCC News:
Santa Fe Community College’s (SFCC) Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) program and the Aquaponics and Hydroponics Club, with support from Student Government Association, will host a CEA/Greenhouse Open House noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 29 in the Trades and Advanced Technology Center next to the large greenhouse complex at 6401 Richards Avenue.
The free event is open to all. Tours will begin every 30 minutes.
Learn about hydroponics, aquaponics and algae cultivation. Free seedlings for attendees. The SFCC Culinary Arts program will provide free food samples made with produce from the SFCC Greenhouse, grown by advanced CEA students and prepared by advanced Culinary Arts students.
Learn more about SFCC’s programs focused on sustainability in the areas of food, energy and water. For information, contact Richard “Charlie” Shultz, Academic Director of the Controlled Environment Agriculture program, at richard.shultz@sfcc.edu or call 505.428.1205.
