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Around Town | Cory Roof

By Nick Bergfeld,

Published March 10, 2023 at 8:30 AM CST

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Cory Roof is the CEO of Ogallala Greens.

Cory discusses growing vegetation with hydroponic systems, where plant roots are suspended in nutrient rich water instead of the soil. This can greatly reduce the amount of water needed to grow crops such as leafy greens, tomatoes, strawberries and much more.

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Nick Bergfeld

Nick is the Around Town host on Texas Tech Public Media, and a sustainable economic development consultant based on the High Plains. He graduated with his bachelors’ in biochemistry and psychology from Texas Tech University, and his medical doctorate from the Yale School of Medicine and master’s in public policy from Harvard’s School of Government. Nick can be found on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter @nickbergfeld.

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Chuck Luck

Radio producer at KTTZ-FM 89.1 in Lubbock, Texas for Texas Tech Public Media.

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