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  • 1 year ago

Presto, in collaboration with the Sally and Victor Mouttet Foundation and SuperCow Milk, has donated a free hydroponics garden to Montrose Government Primary School, which includes a one-year guarantee. Members of Parliament from Caroni East and Chaguanas East were all in attendance, at the launch of the school's new Hydrophonics programme.

Azaria Ifill has more on this report.
Transcript
00:00Presto has selected Montrose Government Primary School as the fourth recipient of a hydroponics
00:05garden in collaboration with the Sally and Victor Mortad Foundation and Super Cow Milk.
00:11The hydroponics program uses a revolutionary technology to grow plants without soil while
00:16giving students a hands-on experience and a greater understanding of science, the environment
00:22and how to uniquely impact the world.
00:24A fourth standard pupil spoke on behalf of his classmates.
00:27I am grateful that my school has been selected for such a project and I look at this journey
00:33with a shallow mind for a great success.
00:36The curriculum encourages curiosity, creativity and an open mind while focusing on water conservation,
00:43renewable energy and the role of technology in the students' interactions with the environment.
00:49The support, sustainability and agriculture in our schools and in teaching our children
00:55the importance of this topic.
00:57The hydroponics program will help us in the long future to support agriculture in Canada today.
01:04This program celebrates plant growth without soil and emphasises originality and sustainability.
01:11The school hopes it will create healthy plants but it will also help students learn more
01:17about science, the environment and how they can make a positive influence in their daily lives.
01:22Azaria Ifill, TV6 News.
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