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The Six Dumbest Things Done In Aquaponics

March 15, 2010 Aquaponics

Slywoman writes on The Aquaponics Gardening Blog,
It’s good to be able to laugh at yourself, right? Especially if you are laughing about dumb mistakes that you’ve made that you can tell others about – hopefully so that they will avoid making the same ones It is with this spirit of philanthropy that I pass on [...]

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Scientists Develop More Muscular GMO Trout With Six-Pack Abs

March 15, 2010 Aquaponics

Thanks, but no thanks; I will stick with the puny, regular fish with no six-pack abs… From a University of Rhode Island press release announcing their GMO fish with six-pack abs,
A 10-year effort by a University of Rhode Island scientist to develop transgenic rainbow trout with enhanced muscle growth has yielded fish with what have [...]

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Aquaponics World Map

February 26, 2010 Aquaponics

This site is a map of aquaponics operations around the world. Aquaponics operators have to enter their place on the map so it is somewhat limiting in total scope. But it gives a good snapshot of what is out there. The purpose of the Aquaponics Map is to make it easy for Aquapionic enthusiasts to [...]

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Pond Aquaponics: New Pathways To Sustainable Integrated Aquaculture And Agriculture

February 23, 2010 Aquaponics

Edoardo Pantanella, of the University of Tuscia, Italy, writes in Aquaculture News,
Rising environmental concerns and growing demand for different uses of production inputs set new challenges for aquaculture development. Increased productivity with reduced ecological impact, integration between production systems and reduced use of chemicals are just some of the leading principles that more sustainable fish [...]

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Aquaponics In The New York Times

February 18, 2010 Greenhouses

Whenever hydroponics or aquaponics gets  mentioned in an article in the mainstream media, it is a good thing. It changes the public’s perception that those horticultural techniques are only for growing illegal plants to understanding that they can be used to grow vegetables, herbs and flowers for everyday use both on a commercial farm scale [...]

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Will Allen Of Growing Power

February 10, 2010 Aquaponics

Will Allen is the legendary founder of Growing Power in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In this video he talks about poor communities in many urban centers lacking access to grocery stores and markets to buy healthy food. Allen is showing people how to grow their own food and become empowered.

PopTech 2009: Will Allen from PopTech on Vimeo.

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Growing Power Inspired—Sweet Water Organics

February 7, 2010 Aquaponics

James Godsil and business partner Josh Fraundorf founded Sweet Water Organics one year ago in a large, vacant industrial building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Inspired by fellow Milwaukee resident and Growing Power founder Will Allen, the two men are using an method of raising perch in tanks at ground level and feeding vegetables growing in well [...]

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Morning Star Fishermen

February 7, 2010 Aquaponics

Morning Star Fishermen is a Christian organization based near Tampa, Florida. It has a training facility there with a main hatchery and over 110,000 gallons of tank space, wet labs and classrooms. Other facilities include 60,000 gallons of enclosed exterior tanks as well as fully integrated “model” solar and wind powered aquaponics systems. Morning Star [...]

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Fish Bowl Farm—Simple DIY Aquaponics

February 5, 2010 Aquaponics

The Fish Bowl Farm is an exhibit tool for introducing to interested persons what aquaponics is: a portable ecosystem that supports fish and plants, while offering new directions for healthy food production.  Kids really enjoy it when they see it.
The Fish Bowl Farm is the simplest demonstration of aquaponics, the sustainable growing system that produces fish [...]

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Debate Heats Up Over Certified Organic Aquaponics

January 23, 2010 Aquaponics

Hydroponics and aquaponics are getting discriminated against when it comes to being certified organic. Even if all organic nutrients are used, produce grown by these methods cannot be label organic.
Bevan Suits of Access to Aquaponics writes on thedailygreen.com,
The USDA’s National Organic Standards Board, which determines which products can be certified organic and carry the valuable [...]

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