{"id":10543,"date":"2017-05-08T10:15:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T14:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/?p=10543"},"modified":"2017-05-15T09:57:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T13:57:35","slug":"fsc-student-the-peoples-choice-in-state-wide-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/2017\/05\/08\/fsc-student-the-peoples-choice-in-state-wide-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"FSC Student the People’s Choice in State-wide Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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William Turano<\/p><\/div>\n

Business Management major – and proud owner of a green thumb – William Turano, has won a People’s Choice award at the state-wide Business Plan Competition held recently in Albany. Turano won for his Lifted Roots Vertical Farms business, in the Services category. He was one of only six competitors – among 103 entrants – to win the award.<\/p>\n

It is the first time an FSC student has won an award at the state finals, competing against
\nundergraduate and graduate students from top colleges and universities in the state.<\/p>\n

Turano earned the right to compete by snagging third place at the Long Island regionals, held at Farmingdale last month.<\/p>\n

His service\u00a0provides a unique hydroponic agricultural system that is versatile, mobile, and sustainable, to meet the consumer demand for farm-to-table. The system grows food responsibly and sustainably to reduce the environmental impact of food production. His indoor farm uses 95% less water compared to traditional farms and is an almost carbon-neutral operation.<\/p>\n

Says Turano: “I’m trying to spread awareness and promote sustainability, not just in the business, but in every aspect of my life. I’m a self-proclaimed vegan, tree-hugging hippy, yogi, surfer, and wouldn’t want it any other way!<\/p>\n

“With lots of practice and some help from Professor Michael Veracka, I’ve learned how to successfully grow vegetables. Now, with the help of Professors Bichara, \u00a0Liselli, Lanza-Giraldi, Rachlin, and Dr. Feng, I’m learning how to successfully grow the business.”<\/p>\n

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Stack House team (L-R): Montana Musillo, Constance Cooper, Nikola Georgiev, Tahamina Akter<\/p><\/div>\n

Also in Albany were four Electrical\/Computer Engineering Technology students presenting Stack House, a STEM toy for children. The toy is a modular dollhouse, where you buy individual rooms and place them together to form a larger structure.\u00a0 Stack House’s inventors are Montana Musillo, Constance Cooper, Nikola Georgiev and Tahamina Akter.<\/p>\n

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