Abundant Harvest Community Garden Outreach is a Colorado organization that has transitioned from traditional farming to growing more nutritious and healthy produce using Aquaculture/Aquaponics growing methods.
A portion of the produce that's grown, will be given to Low Income, Senior and Military Families in the community for free or at a low cost, while teaching members of low income neighborhoods how to grow their own food in a small scale Aquaponics operation.
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Abundant Harvest Community Garden Outreach is a Colorado organization that has transitioned from traditional farming to growing more nutritious and healthy produce using Aquaculture/Aquaponics growing methods.
A portion of the produce that's grown, will be given to Low Income, Senior and Military Families in the community for free or at a low cost, while teaching members of low income neighborhoods how to grow their own food in a small scale Aquaponics operation.
Abundant Harvest was launched in 2010 on two acres of land donated by Restoration Church, with a “zero” dollar budget and with materials donated by the community we were able to grow and distribute to the low-income, senior and military in the community 2,264 lbs. of healthy fresh produce.
We received 550 volunteer hours from several community organizations in the greater Colorado Springs/Fountain area.
Community partnerships were established with Colorado Springs Early Colleges and Colorado State University Extension.
Abundant Harvest is currently raising funds to build a second greenhouse and Aquaponics system, a sustainable food production technique that combines aquaculture, the raising of fish, with hydroponics.
The vegetables and fish work together in a sustainable cycle. The fish waste provides fertilizer to the plants and the plants keep the water clean for the fish. The system also uses only a fraction of the water, energy and labor of other farming practices.
Because Aquaponics is a closed-loop system, it offers communities the independence to grow their own food
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The second Aquaponics facility will provide a sustainable revenue stream tor Abundant Harvest by selling the produce grown.
This new source of income will help fund expanded social programs, such as, a Scholarship Program, a Temporary Housing Program, a partnership with Rocky Mountain Human Services will enable the organization to offer jobs to Veterans.
The second Aquaponics Grow Center will enable us, to produce 50,000 –75,000 lbs. of produce per year.
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