UW-Stevens Point at Marshfield has partnered with Fork Farms and Marshfield Clinic to provide healthy foods through hydroponic farming.

“It was a dream, but today the dream has come to fruition,” said Anthony Andrews, campus executive at UWSP at Marshfield.

Within one year, UWSP at Marshfield has turned one of its rooms into an indoor hydroponic garden. The plants grow with nutrient-rich water instead of soil.

“Instead of the sun, we’ve got these highly efficient grow lights. Instead of a hose, we have a recirculating irrigation system. And it’s really the magic is in how simple it is,” said Alex Tyink, CEO of Fork Farms.

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A suspicious fire at the BlackSeed Agroecology Farm & Village on South Whidbey destroyed an estimated $250,000 worth of hydroponic equipment Friday afternoon.

Island County Sheriff Rick Felici said investigators gathered evidence from the scene and sent it to the Washington State Crime Lab to help identify whether any accelerant may have been used to start the fire.

CORE Electric Cooperative (CORE) and FarmBox Foods, a manufacturer of controlled-climate farms, on Wednesday will unveil the first tree seedlings for a first-of-its-kind program focused on reforestation of wildfire-affected areas of the Front Range.