Uploaded November 2016 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
At some point, you must stop talking and start doing. HATponics is what happens when somebody takes that realization to heart. Read about them here: blog.brightagrotech.com/hatponics-how-to-feed-20-million-people-by-2020
Ryan Cox, CEO and founder of HAT(Hydro-,Aqua-,Terra-)ponics realized this in 2012.
He heard a lot of talking about solving global and domestic hunger problems, but everything being done was a temporary fix. Movie stars and philanthropists spent millions on transporting food to the hungry, but troubles encountered en-route caused waste.
The food that did arrive at its destination was only a temporary solution. It’s used up, and then what? People are hungry again. “Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach him to fish, he eats for a lifetime.”
Ryan saw a problem with this mainstream solution. He decided to do something different. So he started a non-profit called Inner City Aquaponics to prototype a farm.
Then in 2013, he gathered a team of competent, like-minded people around him, and he started to execute on better ideas on a wider scale. His goal? Feed 20 million people with farm systems by the year 2020.
Driven by a strong vision, lots of hard work, and partnerships made with hundreds of schools on the east coast, HATponics started accomplishing their goal. Their core tools to feeding people are:
-systems being used to feed and teach U.S. students and
-the Global Challenges program.
So far, HATponics are about 1/4 of the way there; they estimate that their systems feed about 5 million people worldwide. And it's only 2016.
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Website: brightagrotech.com
Facebook: facebook.com/BrightAgrotech
Twitter: twitter.com/BrightAgrotech
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Music by:
Wes Hutchinson
-Eagle Rock
Jason Shaw
freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Shaw/Audionautix_Acoustic/12_MORNINGS
At some point, you must stop talking and start doing. HATponics is what happens when somebody takes that realization to heart. Read about them here: blog.brightagrotech.com/hatponics-how-to-feed-20-million-people-by-2020
Ryan Cox, CEO and founder of HAT(Hydro-,Aqua-,Terra-)ponics realized this in 2012.
He heard a lot of talking about solving global and domestic hunger problems, but everything being done was a temporary fix. Movie stars and philanthropists spent millions on transporting food to the hungry, but troubles encountered en-route caused waste.
The food that did arrive at its destination was only a temporary solution. It’s used up, and then what? People are hungry again. “Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach him to fish, he eats for a lifetime.”
Ryan saw a problem with this mainstream solution. He decided to do something different. So he started a non-profit called Inner City Aquaponics to prototype a farm.
Then in 2013, he gathered a team of competent, like-minded people around him, and he started to execute on better ideas on a wider scale. His goal? Feed 20 million people with farm systems by the year 2020.
Driven by a strong vision, lots of hard work, and partnerships made with hundreds of schools on the east coast, HATponics started accomplishing their goal. Their core tools to feeding people are:
-systems being used to feed and teach U.S. students and
-the Global Challenges program.
So far, HATponics are about 1/4 of the way there; they estimate that their systems feed about 5 million people worldwide. And it's only 2016.
-----------------
Connect with Bright Agrotech:
Website: brightagrotech.com
Facebook: facebook.com/BrightAgrotech
Twitter: twitter.com/BrightAgrotech
Instagram: instagram.com/zipgrow
-----------------
Music by:
Wes Hutchinson
-Eagle Rock
Jason Shaw
freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Shaw/Audionautix_Acoustic/12_MORNINGS
