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Students See Growth Potential Of Aquaponic Tomatoes

March 10, 2010 Aquaponics

Zack Harold writes in the Charleston Daily Mail,
Winter is not a good time for fresh tomato lovers. You either chow down on hard hothouse tomatoes that taste like cardboard, or simply do without. And that last option isn’t much of an option at all.
Barbara Liedl, associate research professor at West Virginia State University, wants to [...]

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Basement Hydroponics System Sprouts A Winter Garden

February 26, 2010 Hydroponics

Edward M. Eveld writes in The Kansas City Star,
It’s spring in Dave Howe’s basement. Or maybe early summer.
He has already harvested a crop of romaine and buttercrunch lettuce, and his tomato plants are green, leafy and flowering. He recently started some strawberries.
Howe’s oasis at his home in Blue Springs, all the more notable during this [...]

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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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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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Peter’s Swimming Pool To Growing Pond Adventure

December 11, 2009 Aquaponics

This is a video story, in 33 parts, of Peter’s transformation of his backyard patio in ground family swimming pool, which was cracked, leaking and ready to collapse, into a pond growing fish and veggies aquaponically. The two videos below are the start of the transformation to the final stage. For the 31 other videos [...]

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Incredible Edible Food Hub

December 4, 2009 Aquaponics

In the small British town of Todmorden, a local food growing revolution is taking place. Most of the town is part of Incredible Edible Todmorden (IET.)
IET aims to increase the amount of local food grown and eaten in the town. Businesses, schools, farmers and the community are all involved. Vegetable and fruit gardens are springing [...]

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