WHAT WE DO...
Urban Hydroponic Agriculture was founded in 2016 to increase awareness of food security situations and provide solutions for socioeconomic inequalities, especially in urban environments and low income communities. We educate others to build and use hydroponic systems and other as a methods of growing food and practice healthy sustainable habits to improve their quality of life and encourage healthy communities. We aim to provide you the information and supplies you need to take care of yourself and live a healthy and balanced lifestyle without hurting the environment or your wallet.
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INTEGRITY
All parts of our product are made in the USA. We promote ethical manufacturing practices and fair prices. We believe in honest and transparent business transactions. 100% customer satisfaction is our goal. No tricks or hidden fees. Easy returns and live customer service.
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EDUCATION
Our goal is to spread knowledge and awareness by providing free tutorials and trustworthy information to make growing your own food easy and work towards saving the environment together. We believe it is important to know where your food comes from and how your food is grown.
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SUSTAINABILITY
Environmental and economic suitability is our objective for the future generations. We promote responsible use of resources and use waste limiting production methods that is environmentally friendly and cost efficient. Heal yourself while healing the environment.
What is Food Security?
The defining characteristic of very low food security is that, at times during the year, the food intake of household members is reduced and their normal eating patterns are disrupted because the household lacks money and other resources for food. Very low food security can be characterized in terms of the conditions that households in this category typically report in the annual food security survey.
- 99 percent reported having worried that their food would run out before they got money to buy more.
- 97 percent reported that the food they bought just did not last, and they did not have money to get more.
- 95 percent reported that they could not afford to eat balanced meals.
- 96 percent reported that an adult had cut the size of meals or skipped meals because there was not enough money for food.
- 88 percent reported that this had occurred in 3 or more months.
- 93 percent of respondents reported that they had eaten less than they felt they should because there was not enough money for food.
- 68 percent of respondents reported that they had been hungry but did not eat because they could not afford enough food.
- 48 percent of respondents reported having lost weight because they did not have enough money for food.
- 30 percent reported that an adult did not eat for a whole day because there was not enough money for food.
- 24 percent reported that this had occurred in 3 or more months.
Characteristics of Households With Very Low Food Security
