So­cial­ly dis­placed res­i­dents in San Fer­nan­do are now re­ceiv­ing train­ing in hy­dro­pon­ics and aquapon­ics through a new food pro­duc­tion sys­tem in­stalled at the Court Sham­rock Home for So­cial­ly Dis­placed peo­ple.

The project, val­ued at $150,000, was fund­ed by Shell Trinidad and To­ba­go and the Dig­i­cel Foun­da­tion through their EPIC (Ex­tra­or­di­nary Projects Im­pact­ing Com­mu­ni­ties) ini­tia­tive.

The sys­tem, which com­bines drip-to-waste and nat­ur­al farm­ing meth­ods, will sup­ply fresh pro­duce to Court Sham­rock while serv­ing as both a train­ing ground and ther­a­peu­tic tool for the res­i­dents.