Hoop House

  • Loofa squash

    Gibbs Permaculture Team

  • Compost Hot Water Heater

    Compost Hot Water Heater

  • Hoop House build

    Community Hoop House Raising 

  • BSFL bins

    Black Soldier Fly Bins

  • Worms turn our food waste into rich soil

    Worm Composting

    Worms turn our food waste into rich soil 

Two 30'x48' double wall hoop houses are used to extend opportunities for production and research at the Gibbs House and Office for Sustainability.

One of the hoop houses is dedicated to 4 season production of greens and produce that are shared with WMU Catering, Local Vendors, our Farm Stand, and other community opportunities as they arise.

The second hoop house is dedicated to variety of research projects including: vermiculture (worm composting), Black Soldier Fly Larvae (post-consumer waste composting), hot water composting, fertigation research, and we hope to install an outdoor aquaponics system into our research hoop Fall 2015.