At some point, you must stop talking and start doing.HATponics is what happened when somebody took that realization to heart.
Ryan Cox, CEO and founder of HATponics (hydroponics, aquaponics, terraponics) realized the need for action in 2012.
He heard a lot of talking about solving global and domestic hunger problems, but not many people were taking action to solve the problem.
The people that were doing something were focusing on ineffective measures; 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.
The goal of this organization, named HATponics, is to feed 20 million people with sustainable 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.
The company takes two approaches to feeding people. The first is by teaching students to grow food in their schools, and the second is partnering with schools to build sustainable farms internationally.
Read more at the Bright Agrotech blog