Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The lush beds of lettuce, mustard greens and peppers at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable ...
People who live in developing countries sometimes don’t grow their food the old fashioned way. Instead, their food comes donated in a great big fish tank–an aquaponics system where the fish feed the ...
(a) The symbiotic culture of fish and vegetables in the aquaponics system. (b, c) The design diagrams of (b) RA and (c) GA, in which the yellow columns represent water treatment equipment (microbial ...
One of the finalists of Inhabitat’s recent Biodesign competition, Aquaponic Future Housing comprises a three-level home 3D-printed with biodegradable plastic that also has its own closed-loop ...
A spate of foodborne illnesses in leafy greens and other produce in recent years has sickened consumers and disrupted growers and supply chains. It’s been thought that hydroponic and aquaponic systems ...
In recent years, the quest for sustainable food production unearthed a new way to grow edible crops. Those who use this new method reap crops that mature twice as fast and use less than one-tenth of ...
Aquaponics = aquaculture (the raising of edible fish) + hydroponics (growing vegetables and herbs without soil). You may have seen examples of this revolutionary way of growing food in some of the ...
Visiting an aquaponic farm feels like landing at a space station or stealing a glimpse into a Seussian future. Unlike Old McDonald’s farm, there’s no dirt, tractors, barns filled with hay, chicken ...
SEMINOLE - Geoff Gray said he had trouble finding clean food he wanted to feed his family, who eats a mainly Paleolithic diet. So he grew it himself. “Good quality, real food is hard to come by. Clean ...
Since he was a boy, George Brooks Jr. has had a propensity for supporting life in surprising places. Every summer, his father took the family to Southern California, where Brooks learned to swim in ...