Solar water heater panels installed!

This past fall, New Urban Farmers launched an online Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to build a solar water heater and composting systems to keep our domes warm so that we may grow throughout the year. January 2012 marked the installation of six solar water heater panels. They were mounted on a wooden stand that volunteers from Johnson and Wales University built with help from our friend Fabio. The stand was constructed on a cold December Saturday but our crew toughed it out. We mounted the stand on top of the south facing hillside behind the aquaponics dome to receive the most sunlight during the day. You can check out specifications of the solar water heater panels here http://www.teladaq.com/heliatos/ds/sw37Datasheet.pdf.

We will update again and let you know how the panels perform. A big thank you to all our Kickstarter backers for giving us the capacity to get this job done right! We would also like to thank our many community volunteers from Johnson and Wales, Galego Court, and Pawtucket. 

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Aquaponics

Enjoy photos of our aquaponics system and please consider donating to our Kickstarter campaign and help heat our dome all winter long! Every amount helps...small or large. New Urban Farmers thanks you!
http://kck.st/n75Lqr

Our Aquaponic Dome Greenhouses Kickstarter Project

We launched our Kickstarter project for our aquaponic dome greenhouses! Your help is needed to build sustainable heating sources in our domes to grow food year round. We have until Nov. 15th at 11:59 p.m. to reach our goal. Please help in any way you can - from a pledge of any size to forwarding our page to friends and family. For any amount you give, you will receive a personal gift from us. Please view our project here. We truly appreciate your support.

Geodesic Dome Greenhouses and Aquaponics Build!

After a week of hard work, two geodesic domes are constructed and our first aquaponics system is installed! A big thank you to the excavation team, Henry and Bob at PHA, Sunrise Domes, and the entire RISD architecture crew! You all did a fantastic job! We are very excited to plant in the domes and start Rhode Island's first urban aquaponics system!