On The Point, we discuss alternatives to conventional farming: hydroponics and aquaponics. Meeting the food needs of a growing global population is a challenge, and climate change will make it even more difficult. That’s according to The US Global Change Research Program’s Fourth National Climate Assessment Report. The report finds that “rising temperatures, extreme heat, drought, and heavy downpours are expected to increasingly disrupt agricultural productivity in the United States.”
Listen to full program: https://www.capeandislands.org/post/growing-hydroponic-and-aquaponic-food