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Thursday, June 11, 2015

The Food Machine Greenhouse

Did you know that New Beginnings Homes 
has a 5,000 sq ft greenhouse? It’s true!


The Food Machine is a spacious, state of the art facility completed in late 2012. The greenhouse originally ran on an aquaponics system that required thousands of fish to nourish the crops, but since October 2014 we switched to a more sustainable hydroponics system that doesn’t require the (WA winter) high utilities cost for keeping fish tanks warm.
We are excited to see the greenhouse produce harvests to provide healthy food for our NBHomes community as well as the opportunity to sell a delicious fresh local crop to our grocery partners for a small profit. We recently sold 300 live salad bowls that were a hit in the North Tacoma district! We are in the process of growing 175+ tomato plants, 850 mixed herbs, and about 500 basil plants.

We are currently in serious need of a volunteer greenhouse manager to oversee the operation! The vision for the Food Machine is to eventually be able to support paid staff, but until it is fully functioning we need volunteers! Please contact Miles Musick to inquire for more details.
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