Hydroponic agriculture

Rooftop hydroponics

Feature, By Archana

The rooftop of Akash and Monica’s studio apartment in Maitreye looks futuristic. It is lush and green with lettuce and rucola plants, but they are grown without soil!

What else is going on with farming in Auroville?

An interview with Akash Heimlich, Monica Tobar and Riccardo, By Shradha

Rooftop hydroponics at Akash and Monica’s

The Auroville Urban Farming project was started by Riccardo, a long term volunteer studying Food Security in Auroville, with the aid of Luigi in late 2014.

Experiments in Hydroponics

An interview with Akash Heimlich and Monica Tobar, By Ing-Marie

Alok’s (left) and Satyavan’s hydroponics experiment

Climbing the steps to the roof at Maitreye through a maze of white tiles, one would not expect the lush, verdant explosion at the top. On my first visit in December, there was green everywhere: lettuce seedlings bursting from their small containers, melon plants cascading from horizontal pipes, even a small papaya proudly pushing the other plants out of the way.