by ddorband | Feb 6, 2012 | Aquaculture, Aquaponics, Intern Blog, Publication, Sustainability, Urban Farming
While many Americans are beginning to to integrate urban farming into their daily lives, none have as ambitious of an idea as Christopher Toole, an ex-banker who cashed in his “six-figure salary at Sovereign Bank in 2010 to immerse himself in the principles of urban...
by ddorband | Feb 1, 2012 | Aquaponics, Food, Intern Blog, Sustainability
A school in Canada recently began operating an aquaponics system to better educate students on the matter of ecology. The school will also be using the tilapia it raises through its system for students to eat within the school’s cafeteria. According to an article in...
by ddorband | Jan 31, 2012 | Aquaculture, Aquaponics, Food, Staff Blog, Sustainability
Aquaponics is a great example of a symbiotic system where the living beings in the system all rely on each other. Without the plants the fish would pollute the water, without the fish the plants would be nutrient deficient, and without the bacteria the nutrients would...
by ddorband | Jan 26, 2012 | Aquaponics, Food, Livestock, Staff Blog
Are you spending as much as twice as much as you did last year to feed your livestock? Are you struggling even to find good hay for your livestock? Have you even had to sell some of your animals because feed is so expensive and hard to find? If the answer to any of...
by ddorband | Jan 13, 2012 | Aquaculture, Intern Blog
Americans love seafood. Whether it’s sushi, a grilled filet of Mahi Mahi or a tuna steak. But it can sometimes be a game of Russian roulette as to where your seafood comes from and how safe it is to consume. Reports of tainted or even poisonous fish imports have and...
by ddorband | Jan 10, 2012 | Aquaculture, Aquaponics, Intern Blog
Currently, the Nourish The Planet aquaponics system lies on the property of a school in Campion, Colo. The school leases several greenhouses to us in order for our systems to operate. While we have yet to incorporate our aquaponics system with that of the classroom...
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