Last week I went to a lecture on hydroponics.  I have never been a science kid: I dreaded taking my science requirements here at Cornell and genuinely do not understand science.  However, I was really fascinated by this Rose Cafe and found hydroponics incredibly interesting.  I also want to say that I ate the salad at house dinner and it was incredibly tasty with the hydroponically grown lettuce.  When we think of growing food, none of us would ever think of growing food in a lab, and this subject was something I had heard about in passing but had never thought about.  I didn’t realize that there are more types of hydroponics than just one, depending on the plant.  Some plants need to have their roots get a good amount of air and the roots cannot be completely submerged in water, so for the different types of hydroponics, the air parcels are placed in different places and the water hits the plants differently (submerged, misted, tilted, etc.).

There was one question I had on hydroponics, however.  Is the increase in production cost worth the benefits of hydroponics?  I wouldn’t call myself an expert on hydroponics, so I can’t answer this question, but I am excited to see where the future of hydroponics leads us.