Gov’t Partners for $35m Hydroponic Farm Network

Ex-Banker Turns Farmer Builds Hydroponics Farm Growing 42 Crop Varities

Sanket Mehta once held a stable banking job, but a shocking revelation about the dangers of chemical-heavy farming changed everything. Concerned about what people were eating, he began searching for a cleaner and safer way to grow food. That search led him to hydroponics, a method of growing plants in water instead of soil. It was sustainable, modern, and efficient. Most people thought he was making a mistake by quitting his job, but he had a st…

Gov’t partners for $35m hydroponic farm network

A Bahamian company and its Indian partner will invest $24.5m, or more than two-thirds, of the total $35m capital to roll-out a nationwide hydroponic farm initiative, it was revealed yesterday.

Bahamas to construct five new hydroponic facilities

The 27th of May marked a milestone for the future of Bahamian agriculture, as Hon. Jomo Campbell, Minister of Agriculture & Marine Resources, was joined by Prime Minister Hon. Philip Davis for the official signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Sustainable Technology Limited (STL) and…