BLACKSBURG, Va., May 17 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
How do you solve the growing gap between agricultural demand and decreasing land availability? According to new research from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, you farm in something that is inexpensive, plentiful, and everywhere on Earth: sand.
Researchers are working on improvements to sustainable agriculture that could reduce environmental damage, lower production costs, and expand food growing opportunities in water-limited regions. The system they're using, referred to as sandponics, reimagines aquaponics by replacing expensive substrates with one of the world's most abundant natural materials, by transforming ...