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Windowfarms: Social, crowdsourced hydroponics bring fresh food home

November 29, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Got a window? Then you can grow your own food. A group of driven, DIY-types from around the world are helping to bring hydroponic systems home. In her TED talk “A Garden in My Apartment” (below), Britta Riley of Windowfarms — vertical food gardens, if you will — shows how a socially-driven community of 24,000 hydroponics buffs […]

Filed Under: ecoSocial, Featured Tagged With: community, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, DIY, hydroponic, Kickstarter, open source, social media, TED, Windowfarms

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