The Future-What’s Next
In the last few years, roughly 15% (46 million) Americans are in poverty with 50 million living in food insecure communities. There are also about 46.5 million users of the food stamp program at an…
What is Aquaponics
Aquaponics is a food production system that combines conventional aquaculture (raising aquatic animals such as snails, fish, crayfish or prawns in tanks) with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) in a symbiotic environment. In normal aquaculture,…
Aquaponic Detail
Parts of an aquaponic system A commercial aquaponics system An electric pump moves nutrient-rich water from the fish tank through a solids filter to remove particles the plants above cannot absorb. The water then provides…