Hydro Tech Farm

There's some interesting things going on in Philadelphia, with some high school students who now have a farm indoor farm that produces two and a half acres of food every week, and what they're doing, which I find fascinating, is they're actually growing this food and giving it out to Philadelphia communities who are in need. This is a program that I think is so cool.

Sally: Absolutely. This is a charter school in Philadelphia. It is part of the STEM program. For those who don't know in schools, that is science, technology, engineering and math, and these are programs that help to enhance education in all of those areas for students. And this school, Imhotep Institute Charter School, is doing an amazing job by building what appears to be much like a container garden, a very large container, enclosed container garden that they're using engineered lights and irrigation within the system. The students and the faculty can check on the props with their mobile phones, their mobile devices, and see how it's going and make sure that that's getting light and water and nutrients. So it's a wonderful program. And the added benefit is, yes, that it is helping support food needs in the community.

Phil: It is. I really applaud this and I wish that there's going to be more schools around the nation do exactly this, because one of the most important things we could do is educate our kids about agriculture, how to grow food, where food comes from and, with that, being able to feed whether it's homeless or people in need. It's fabulous.