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Cleveland’s Green Acre Plaza

August 14, 2010 Aquaponics

Will Allen’s Growing Power in Milwaukee, Wisc. is the model for urban farming that many are duplicating. Now, in Cleveland, Ohio, Green Acres Plaza is a planned 60,000 sq. ft. agricultural structure designed for production, distribution, and the processing of locally and regionally grown foods. From Green Acres Plaza’s web site,
Green Acres Plaza will serve [...]

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Aquaponics vs Soil Grown Vegetables

August 10, 2010 Aquaponics

Aquaponics is the raising of fish in large (usually 500 gallons or more) containers and pumping the waste water to plants growing hydroponically nearby. The waste water is “polished” or cleaned of the fish waste and is recycled back to the fish tanks. A very vibrant bio/bacterial colony is created which helps in the digestion [...]

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Aquaponics “How To” – Part 2: Grow Beds and Fish Tanks

August 5, 2010 Aquaponics

This article continues a monthly series about aquaponics and all the components you need to build your own a thriving aquaponics system. This month we will talk about fish tanks and grow beds, and the optimal size ratio between the two.
Fish Tank
Sizing your fish tank defines the ultimate size and flexibility of your aquaponics [...]

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Aquaponics “How To” – Part One: Why Aquaponics and What Type of System?

July 6, 2010 Aquaponics

This article begins a monthly series about aquaponics that will focus in detail on all the components of a thriving aquaponics system, from the fish, plants and bacteria to the grow beds, fish tanks and plumbing options.  We will also talk about worms as the secret weapon of media-based aquaponics as well as  the different [...]

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Urban Farming With Hydroponics In The City

June 17, 2010 Environment
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From Hydroponics to Aquaponics

June 2, 2010 Aquaponics

I would like to welcome Sylvia Bernstein to The Growing Edge. I first met Sylvia when she was working for the AeroGrow company as they were rolling out their best selling tabletop product, The AeroGarden hydroponic system. I also listened to her give presentations at hydroponic conferences and was impressed with the passion she put [...]

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The Aquaponic Source Poised To Become the Hub For The North American Aquaponic Gardening Community

May 27, 2010 Aquaponics

The Aquaponic Source, Inc. today announced that it has opened for business with the unveiling of its unique website designed to serve the burgeoning North American home aquaponic gardening community. Aquaponic gardening is a unique, synergistic growing technique in which fish and plants are grown together in a single sustainable system. The fish waste feeds [...]

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Straw Absorbs Oil In Water

May 17, 2010 Environment

This isn’t related to gardening or farming directly, more to the environment and the BP Oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. These guys demonstrate how oil in water is absorbed by hay or straw. Amazing!
Here are CW Roberts employees demonstrating the use of hay absorbing oil and to assist in a defense against the [...]

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Aquaponics In A Vertical Urban Farm In Chicago

May 17, 2010 Aquaponics

The Plant is a proposal for the adaptive reuse of a specific urban building, but it is also part of a larger vision. The vision is to build on Chicago’s industrial heritage, and to advance the city’s environmental goals, by reinventing old buildings for innovative new uses. The site where The Plant will be applying [...]

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Aquaponic Strawberries

May 3, 2010 Aquaponics

I first met Sylvia Bernstein around five years ago when she was working in the corporate world for AeroGrow International as Vice President of Marketing. Aerogrow makes the little tabletop hydroponic growing system that you may have seen in an infomercial on television.
At the beginning of this year she left the company and started her [...]

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