Urban Organics: Providing Local Year-Round Produce
Posted by Angie Newgren on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 12:00 AM
By Angie Newgren / April 9, 2014
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For almost 20 years the Hamm's Brewery building in Saint Paul has been an abandoned, run-down eye sore. However, it has recently been purchased and renovated to be a location for Urban Organics.
Urban Organics has done much more for our community than just remodeling a building. Inside the old brewery lives an aquaponics system. Aquaponics is a cyclical water ecosystem where fish aid plants to grow, and vice versa. Urban Organics will sell both vegetables and fish to local businesses, promoting a local and healthier food choice.
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