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Urban Farming: Our new pond!

July 6, 2016

Our Farm team is constantly experimenting with various urban farming methods, one of the latest being aquaponics. We started work on our above-ground fish pond a couple months ago and it is now fully functioning! The pond connects to our Agustin lettuce culture crop, which is being grown in DIY plant tubes. Eventually our fish…

Fairplex Snapshot: Farm Crops

June 7, 2016

Our hydroponics systems are doing well! If you recall from our last update, we had just planted Indigo Rose tomatoes in hydroponics chambers. As you can tell from the photo below, they’re growing very quickly: Stay tuned for summer updates on the rest of The Farm! To learn more about The Farm at Fairplex, click…

Spring Babies

May 4, 2016

As some of you may know, we’ve renovated one of our old barns into a haven for several rabbits. One of our residents gave birth to five adorable bunnies last night! Mom and kids are doing well, staying in a warm nest away from the rest of the rabbits. We can’t wait to see these…

New Farm Beer at McKinley’s Grille

April 5, 2016

It’s no secret that our Farm at Fairplex crops are harvested daily for McKinley’s Grille (our hotel restaurant.) But now we’re stepping up our game and extending The Farm’s use beyond farm-to-table… we’re going farm-to-foam. We’ve collaborated with Claremont Craft Ales to create a Farm-to-Foam series, brews infused with ingredients from our Farm! The first…

Fairplex Snapshot: Springtime at The Farm

March 22, 2016

Fairplex is absolutely beautiful in the spring. The weather is warm and breezy, rainy days are few and far between (although El Nino might have something to say about that this year…), and best of all, our whole campus is blooming in flora and fauna. Squirrels, woodpeckers, robins, rabbits and chickens call Fairplex their home…

L.A. Weekender: 7 Things To Do At Fairplex This Weekend

March 18, 2016

This is by far our busiest weekend of the year (so far.) From jousting to hay baling to chugging beer to art and miniature trains, the adventures will be non-stop for us. Keep reading for a glimpse of what this weekend will look like for us: Celtic Faire (March 19 & 20): Sheep herding, river…

National Agriculture Day at The Farm!

March 15, 2016

Newly hatched chicks, Farm-fresh foods and live demonstrations of everything from corn grinding to rope making greeted students this morning at The Farm at Fairplex, all for National Ag Day! We started things off with a ribbon cutting ceremony, celebrating the beginning of spring planting on The Farm. The Mayor of Pomona helped our team…

Urban Farming: Water Preservation

January 20, 2016

It’s no secret that The Farm at Fairplex is sustainability-conscious. We make an effort to make all our systems as energy-efficient and resource-savvy as possible, including the way we regulate irrigation. Beneath the peaceful exterior of The Farm lies intricate sustainability systems  Along with our vertical farming system, we also use a state-of-the-art weather reactive…