https://www.sustainably-local.com/projects daily 0.75 2019-11-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d65651dfe6c0c00016ecc06/t/5ddc347c74a23772d61a7805/1570480700513/ Projects - The Hub Farm In summer of 2019, Matthew and Landon built a 36 plant hydroponic farm and placed it at The Hub in Old Town Mankato. The Hub is designed for food trucks and has a steady flow of traffic. It was the perfect spot to educate the community on the capabilities of hydroponics. The structure itself is 100% self sustaining. It is outfitted with two 100w solar panels and a battery bank. Everything in the system is powered by this set up. It does not require any outside electricity. The garden utilizes the nutrient film technique, or NFT, on a closed loop design. Just as the name would describe, their is a reservoir of nutrient-enriched water that houses a pump. The pump sends water up to the trays and a “film” of water runs down each tray, keeping each plant fed. At the end of the tray, the water spills into a drain pipe which leads back to the reservoir, effectively finishing the “loop”. This system runs itself and only requires the addition of water and nutrients every once in a while. Overall, the goal of this build out was to put the technology in front of the community and get them talking about it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d65651dfe6c0c00016ecc06/5d92bf42b9eccb4edec1b348/5d9b753ea8f0610d44f6dcfc/1570480700513/Screen+Shot+2019-10-07+at+12.50.40+PM.png Projects - The Hub Farm In summer of 2019, Matthew and Landon built a 36 plant hydroponic farm and placed it at The Hub in Old Town Mankato. The Hub is designed for food trucks and has a steady flow of traffic. It was the perfect spot to educate the community on the capabilities of hydroponics. The structure itself is 100% self sustaining. It is outfitted with two 100w solar panels and a battery bank. Everything in the system is powered by this set up. It does not require any outside electricity. The garden utilizes the nutrient film technique, or NFT, on a closed loop design. Just as the name would describe, their is a reservoir of nutrient-enriched water that houses a pump. The pump sends water up to the trays and a “film” of water runs down each tray, keeping each plant fed. At the end of the tray, the water spills into a drain pipe which leads back to the reservoir, effectively finishing the “loop”. This system runs itself and only requires the addition of water and nutrients every once in a while. Overall, the goal of this build out was to put the technology in front of the community and get them talking about it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d65651dfe6c0c00016ecc06/5d92bf42b9eccb4edec1b348/5ddc3371c5a39e57255e83a3/1574712444884/IMG_4046.jpeg Projects - Blue Earth Riverbank Restoration In September 2019, there was a significant washout that occurred on a private property near Rapidan. Matt and Landon were hired to engineer a solution for water flow on the property. They implemented a 150 foot drainage system designed to filter and redirect the water away from washout areas and into the river. The project lasted about 3 days and made a monumental difference in the erosion on this stretch of riverbank. https://www.sustainably-local.com/home daily 0.75 2018-10-31 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d65651dfe6c0c00016ecc06/t/5d8d71f1ab02b674c05118d7/1535394879126/tumblr_mn8b8sLRb61rkz363o1_1280.jpg Home - Take Action Ready to take the next step? You can become a contributor to our cause, or participate yourself. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d65651dfe6c0c00016ecc06/t/5d8d71f1ab02b674c05118d6/1535394912717/ Home - About Find out about our organization, mission, our methods, and the results of our decades of advocacy. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d65651dfe6c0c00016ecc06/t/5d8d71f1ab02b674c05118d4/1391287287792/ Home - Transient https://www.sustainably-local.com/about daily 1.0 2019-11-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d65651dfe6c0c00016ecc06/t/5d936c6fe29d4d5342045dfc/1569942976221/matt.jpg About Us Matthew Indorf, Owner and Co-Founder matt@sustainably-local.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d65651dfe6c0c00016ecc06/t/5d936f7c87423e4e5f7d487e/1574711676286/landon.jpg About Us Landon Brown, Owner and Co-Founder landon@sustainably-local.com https://www.sustainably-local.com/contact daily 0.75 2019-10-15