People at a Friend Ships, a Lake Charles-based international relief organization, are serious about trying to feed the hungry. Now, the organization is helping to do so with fresh, homegrown organic vegetables.
Friend Ships is now growing its vegetables in a hydroponic greenhouse off First Avenue in Lake Charles. Hydroponics is a way to grow plants without soil in water-based mineral nutrients.
"I wanted something healthy for my crew to give them a choice of healthy non-pesticides. Some of my people are sort of vegan-ish and they like healthy choices," Friend Ships Director Don Tipton said.
"We want to produce a lot of variety (like) tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, peppers, green peppers, and things that make wonderful salads. (We want to produce) things that are good nutrition, have taste, and are clean," Don Tipton said.
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