Village Hydroponics

At A Glance

Location: 

Burlington, Vermont

Primary Issue Area:

  • Food
  • Living Economies

Active since:

2020

Our Purpose

The mission of Village Hydroponics is to provide underserved community members with local, nutrient-dense, and culturally-relevant produce when other farms cannot do so. Using state of the art Controlled Environment Agriculture methods inside of a shipping container, Village Hydroponics will grow a variety of vegetables, and eventually fruit, even in the coldest and darkest winter months. Utilizing longstanding and robust relationships with community members and partner organizations, this BIPOC-led endeavor will serve, and be served by, those most affected by systematic inequities in high-quality food access and agricultural ownership. Finally, at every step of the way this project will be an open source resource into the inner-workings of hydroponic food production, creating opportunities for education and job training on the subjects of agriculture, plant science, community-led crop selection, non-hierarchical business organization and much more.