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  • Palmer High School
  • Colorado Springs, CO
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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The grant by the Rotary Club will give our urban high school a hydroponic farm consisting of 12 hydroponic towers capable of growing 570 plants at a 30% faster growth rate than soil, year-round indoor growing, all within a 300 sq. ft. footprint ideal for urban environments. We’ll be growing and harvesting up to 17 times/year locally grown produce in downtown Colorado Springs. The farm will be accessible to students, teachers, and the general public. What we’re missing from the Rotary grant are the supplemental supplies to make the farm run efficiently and well; these are the supplies we’re requesting from DonorsChoose. We need a water filtration system for clean water. The Hydro-Logic 31023 1000-GPD Evolution RO1000 High Flow RO System will give us the water filtration we need. Our plant nutrients are auto-fed from a gravity tank, but we need to monitor and maintain the pH of that solution. The Bluelab CONTPHCON pH Controller Connect will auto-adjust the pH and allow us to monitor this crucial measurement from afar. Additional pH meters will help us monitor and adjust each individual tower. These are the big line items. We also need a variety of ancillary items – shears to trim and harvest plants, buckets to hold produce, seedling heating mats and thermostat controllers, and a variety of pH solutions. The hydroponic farm is more than a horticulture class about how to grow plants. We’re using technology to grow plants year-round indoors within a small space. The produce we create will be used at school for culinary classes, though much of it will be given away to students in need and to the downtown homeless shelter. The environmental and social impact of producing locally grown food in an urban environment is huge, and we aim to promote and advertise this need.

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The grant by the Rotary Club will give our urban high school a hydroponic farm consisting of 12 hydroponic towers capable of growing 570 plants at a 30% faster growth rate than soil, year-round indoor growing, all within a 300 sq. ft. footprint ideal for urban environments. We’ll be growing and harvesting up to 17 times/year locally grown produce in downtown Colorado Springs. The farm will be accessible to students, teachers, and the general public. What we’re missing from the Rotary grant are the supplemental supplies to make the farm run efficiently and well; these are the supplies we’re requesting from DonorsChoose. We need a water filtration system for clean water. The Hydro-Logic 31023 1000-GPD Evolution RO1000 High Flow RO System will give us the water filtration we need. Our plant nutrients are auto-fed from a gravity tank, but we need to monitor and maintain the pH of that solution. The Bluelab CONTPHCON pH Controller Connect will auto-adjust the pH and allow us to monitor this crucial measurement from afar. Additional pH meters will help us monitor and adjust each individual tower. These are the big line items. We also need a variety of ancillary items – shears to trim and harvest plants, buckets to hold produce, seedling heating mats and thermostat controllers, and a variety of pH solutions. The hydroponic farm is more than a horticulture class about how to grow plants. We’re using technology to grow plants year-round indoors within a small space. The produce we create will be used at school for culinary classes, though much of it will be given away to students in need and to the downtown homeless shelter. The environmental and social impact of producing locally grown food in an urban environment is huge, and we aim to promote and advertise this need.

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