NYC Robotics Kid Sees Science Barge

The science barge in Manhattan is a great place to go for parents and teachers. It demonstrates solar and wind power in action. It also demonstrates innovation: a greenhouse on a barge using soil-less gardening to grow strawberries, tomatoes, peppers and more. Rebecca, a robotics student at PS139Q, realized all the positive impacts that soil-less farming could have on an urban neighborhood. Imagine every apartment growing herbs and vegetables instead of having to shop for them in a grocery store. Imagine the environmental significance: less trucks bringing produce to stores. This means less fossil fuels being used. Schools could grow their own vegetables and feed students fresh vegetables grown by students in their own school. Rebecca learned that if every roof in Manhattan had an urban soil-less garden, those gardens could provide fresh vegetables for every person in Manhattan with zero carbon emissions.