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Local green products company featured in sustainability film
Green Planet Productions’ new documentary will include interviews with EnviroIngenuity
BY GRIFFIN ROGERS
Laguna Beach-based
EnviroIngenuity, a green
products and consulting
services firm, has announced
its involvement with a documentary that focuses on sustainability
features Envirolngenuity’s Hyroponic Vertical Farming Division.
Santa Monica-based Green Planet Productions is heading the film
and visited the hydroponic farms July 3. EnviroIngenuity Managing
Director Erik Cutter, who is leading a team of urban farmers to
develop sustainable and efficient hydroponic vertical farming
processes in the state, was interviewed during filming.
“Green Planet Productions has always produced influential
environmental films and its productions have inspired many people
to invest in new energy efficient technologies and reduce wasteful
habits,” said Cutter. “Their production team was top-notch and we
enjoyed showing them how we are making a difference.”
Currently, EnviroIngenuity is working on the development of a new
commercial demonstration center in Laguna Canyon, which is
scheduled for completion this summer. Additionally, the company
recently completed two 22-tower hydroponic system in Laguna
Beach that feature about 1,000 plants. Both projects use Verti-Gro,
a sustainable system that uses no soil, 70 percent less land, 50
percent less fertilizer and 90 percent less water than traditional
organic farming, Cutter said.
“Verti-Gro hydroponic commercial and home garden systems
produce clean, natural food much faster than traditional farming and
allow plants to grow bigger and stronger,” he said. “These systems
are especially effective in small urban spaces and can be set up to
re-circulate and automatically water the plants for even greater
resource efficiency.”
Although no release date has been set for the Green Planet
documentary, Cutter said the film would assist in teaching young people where their food comes from, and learn more about the
Verti-Gro system.
“Three years of research and testing of hydroponic vertical farming
systems led me to the conclusion that Verti-Gro offers the most
easy-to-use food growing process with the best yield and most
efficient use of resources and space,” said Cutter. “I am happy to
see that Green Planet Productions felt our work in this area was
important enough to capture on film.”