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This fall we were asked to do a garden project at Armstrong High School in RVA (Richmond, Virginia) by one of the science teachers. We stepped up to the challenge by building a custom soil-less hydroponic system as well as aeroponic and soil plant production systems. We upcycled plastic buckets headed for the dump, as well as scrap timber, PVC left over from the 2015 UCI World Road Championship, and had friends donate awesome aeroponic and PV equipment. The kids wanted to grow strawberries so we planted about 100 strawberry plants total at the school, and in spring students will be able to compare fruit production of the three systems to see which is more efficient. We have installed solar panels and are working to finish installing a rainwater harvesting system. Right now we are capturing rainwater to re-use in our systems, which this video fails to show, but we will hopefully amend that once our gutters are fully installed! Stay tuned.