FABULOUS FRIDAY

With it being only hours away and considering we are into this years' final edition, I wish each and every one a very Happy, Healthy & Prosperous
New Year.
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Just a quick mention... There is a Twitter "Paper" whicl has been doing a wonderful job (with no strings attached) giving me a regular mention and I think it only fair if I reciprocate. So If you are interested in catching up on stories that cover such things as:

• Leisure
• Stories
• Environment
• Technology
• Health
• Education
• #photography
• #gardenchat 

Then pop along and enjoy yourself...It's called The Wildflowerings Daily

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City, suburban residents try hand at fish farming
People interested in self-sustainability, trustworthy food sources turning to aquaponics

The aquarium in the living room of Meir and Leah Lazar's Baltimore County home isn't just for decoration. The tilapia and bluegills packed into the 50-gallon glass tank are waiting their turn to wind up on dinner plates. See the Photographs & read the story HERE

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RWANDA: 2011- The year when the economy recovered lost ground on ...
East Africa News Post
Rutsiro Tea Factory a US$9.9m venture owned by Rwanda Mountain Tea Ltd follows and Aquaponics a US$9 m fish farming venture is also listed as one of the notable projects in the sector...Read the full Story

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 DIY automatic fish feeder for aquaponics

Do you have an aquaponic system? Cannot be there the hours that your fish have to eat? Big automatic fish feeders are quite expensive. Have a look how I made mine with 25 euros.

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A Mini Aquaponics System

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You can turn any aquarium into an Aquaponics System

A while back, we did a post showing this area of the Growroom when we had just set up this aquarium to work as our Tilapia nursery. In that earlier post, the aquarium was just an aquarium with the traditional aquarium filter on the left corner filtering out the fish waste toxins. However, our adult Tilapia

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Three Aquaponics System update 5

Harvested the Mint. From my Mini 10 gallon system. I still need to get a tank heater for my 10 gallon system. My 29 gallon system is doing well even though i...

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A Conversation with Nikki Henderson of People’s Grocery, Part 2

We’ve talked about the Growing Justice Institute.  Are there any other People’s Grocery programs you’re especially passionate about?
NH:
Our garden at the California Hotel.  The California Hotel is a single-room occupancy, low-income housing space in West Oakland.  At the back of the hotel, on a quarter of an acre, we have a garden, greenhouse, vermiculture (worm composting) and chickens.  We grow mushrooms.  We have aquaponics.

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 Aquaponics | Catalina Environmental Leadership Program
Aquaponics System provided by Eden Aquaponics.  DETAILS

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Consumer: Frisch vom Dach in Berlin

December 14, 2011

A group of German entrepreneurs are transforming a former factory in Berlin into a sustainable farm to produce vegetables and fish for the city. Frisch vom Dach, meaning Fresh From The Roof, hope to have their first harvest by 2013.  The urban farm will comprise a 7,000 sqm roof garden, utilizing a sustainable food production method called aquaponics - a cycle ...
Read more >

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 Garden Cincinnati!
Aquaponics for Urban Veggies and Revitalization
......It’s a closed loop system, so the water is recirculated over and over again. Welcome to the wonderful world of aquaponics! I’ll walk you through our basic system design.

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Aquaponics System Oregon | A Backyard Food Revolution

Aquaponics is the cultivation of fish and plants together in a symbiotic relationship that harnesses the best attributes of aquaculture and hydroponics. It is a sustainable, abundant, and soil-less food growing method that is productive 365 days a year. Best of all, it’s weed free!

Fresh produce doesn’t have to come from....

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 .....and that's a wrap

Once again Have a safe & happy New Year

O Z Z I E

Christmas Edition (Back on-line - and glad to be back)


Success of Premiere Aquaponics Workshop Prompts Aquatic Eco-Systems, Inc. and Green Sky Growers to Announce Dates for Workshop in Spring 2012
The next workshop, scheduled for March 28 - 31, 2012, will feature Dr. James Rakocy and Dr. Wilson Lennard, two of the most recognizable and respected names in the Aquaponics industry.
Apopka, FL (PRWEB) December 22, 2011
Aquatic Eco-Systems, Inc. (AES [FREE Stock Trend Analysis]) of Apopka, FL held its first Aquaponics Workshop from November 30, 2011 to December 3, 2011. The “Institute of Sustainable Farming: Aquaponics Technology and Design Workshop” was conducted by Aquatic Eco-Systems' AES University.

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C.E.L.P.

← 2011 Sustainable Living Bike Tour
Aquaponics
Aquaponics System provided by Eden Aquaponics
Volunteer Educators
crestview cleanup

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 Consumer: Frisch vom Dach in Berlin
December 14, 2011

A group of German entrepreneurs are transforming a former factory in Berlin into a sustainable farm to produce vegetables and fish for the city. Frisch vom Dach, meaning Fresh From The Roof, hope to have their first harvest by 2013.  The urban farm will comprise a 7,000 sqm roof garden, utilizing a sustainable food production method called aquaponics - a cycle ...
Read more >

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 Aquaponics Made Easy
Aquaponics is modern garden moderation method.It is very easy to create naturally way.Then your garden will be a good looking place as well as.Aquaponics Made Easy is naturally infused ecosystem to develop your personal garden.After you setup your garden it has many value benefits.You don’t want to monitoring it always.If you like to know more about this

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 Garden Cincinnati!
Aquaponics for Urban Veggies and Revitalization

    12/19/11 at 11:09am
    Written by Sam Dunlap

I’ve been working on a project over the past year with three friends. The big idea: to grow fish and vegetables, together....
(Editors Note: You can read about Sam and about the project

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 Fish are fueling this farm

Ernest Rando, of Matthew's Nursery in Gary, nets a tilapia from a pool used in an aquaponics operation. The aquaponics system uses fish waste to feed plants through a watering system. In turn, the plants clean the water for the fish, and the water is pumped back into the pool.

    Ernest Rando of Matthew's Nursery in Gary explains their aquaponics system to raise fish and plants in a closed environmentally friendly system.

Tilapia is not only the fastest growing meat product in this country, Rando said, but also is.........


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How Does an Aquaponics Bell Siphon Work?

Ask any aquaponic gardening addicted man what the coolest part of his aquaponics system is, and chances are his answer will have nothing to do with fish or plants.  Most men in aquaponic gardening I know, including my husband, will instantly say that the Bell Siphon is the coolest part of their system.  Why?

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TtERE ARE LOT'S TO CATCH UP ON - and I know it will take some time, but I am back in the saddle and we are off and running. So please stay tuned.....

All the Best for Christmas and the New Year...

OZZIE

THE DIGEST COVERING AQUAPONIC NEWS

WELCOME TO ANY NEW READERS AND WELCOME BACK TO MY REGULARS.

Wisconsin Aquaculture Day Planned for July 16
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 06/30/2011

The Wisconsin Aquaculture Association, along with member fish farms, is celebrating the Fourth Annual State Wide Open House on July 16. With the increase in public awareness of their food sources, the fish farmers of Wisconsin are opening their doors to the public, promoting Wisconsin aquaculture and explaining the importance of locally grown, fresh and safe fish.[more]

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http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=9183&view=next
Aquaponics, growing fish and vegetables in your own backyard. ... News & Information, International, Australian, Aquaponics in Schools, Links & Downloads


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MyReviews Now Online Shopping Introduces a Variation in Gardening with "Aquaponics 4 You" on Sale Now

  Los Angeles, CA, June 29, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Aquaponics is essentially the controlled establishment of a natural, mutually beneficial ecosystem between fish and plants. As it concerns growing plants, it is the most efficient hybrid of aqua culture and hydroponics.[MORE]
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To answer the dire need surrounding global food shortages, New Unified Realty will invest in hydroponics and Aquaponics. By becoming a front runner in Hydroponic growing systems, eMax Worldwide will experiment and manufacture hydroponics and Aquaponics systems to maximize potential yields of produce and fish. This produce and fish will then be sold to the wholesale and retail markets.[MORE]
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Employment and internship opportunities at the Cape Eleuthera Island School  
ELEUTHERA, Bahamas -- The Cape Eleuthera Island School is an organization that promotes place-based education, scientific research, community leadership, and scientific technologies. Our students and staff share ecologically sustainable campus as we live and work together to solve problems surrounding our immediate local. [MORE]

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Offering up the inside story of a mentorship program

Three years of facilitating Muskoka Futures’ Innovation Muskoka mentorship project has given me a heartfelt respect for our community’s business professionals, who came forward to lend their time, thought, and compassion to entrepreneurs facing the challenges of establishing and building a business.
Mentors help shape their partners’ marketing plans, administrative techniques, financial management, technological applications – as well as being the supportive shoulder that builds confidence.
The following portrait of one mentoring partnership echoes many similar experiences.
In April 2010, Steve and Sharon Bacon built an aquaponics system (integrating fish culture with hydroponic gardening) in their backyard greenhouse in Port Sydney. [MORE]

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Going Green: Aquaponics
Terry talks aquaponics in this edition of Going Green.
Michael Amadori is working on a project that involves fish, leftovers and several heads of lettuce. No, he's not preparing a meal. Using aquaponics, Amadori is testing the use of food waste to grow fish and food. He's using the leftovers to feed the fish. The leftovers are dried and molded into pellets. The idea is to utilize food scraps that would normally go to waste. [MORE]

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2011-06-24: Louis Primavera, Ph.D., Aquaponics
Aquaponics is the utilization of fish culture water as a source of nutrients for the growth of greens and vegetables in a closed-loop system.
It is well known that aquaponic cultivation of greens and vegetables makes the best use of limited resources (land and water) which would be a most appropriate practice on our Island of Oahu.[MORE]

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Eye on Unemployment: Milwaukee

In the first of a new series on how unemployment is affecting African-Americans, BET.com looks at Milwaukee and what’s being done to get people working.
By Danielle Wright

As of two months ago the taskforce has been able to secure and disperse funding for its first jobs initiative through a resolution proposed by Zielinski and passed by the federal government. The initiative was a partnership with Will Allen, an urban agricultural farmer and MacArthur genius grant recipient. Allen, an agronomic and aquaponics pioneer and founder of Growing Power, Inc., built a farm in the middle of a Milwaukee residential neighborhood in 1993.[MORE]

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YouTube - Aquaponics and Container Gardening in JeddahThis is an updated video on my Aquaponics and Gardening journey while in Saudi Arabia. I now have 3 AP systems, some plants have died ... [MORE]
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Types of Fish for Aquaponics
By Kyla Chele Cambrooke, eHow Contributor

Types of Fish for Aquaponicsthumbnail Growers can grow trout in an aquaponic system.

Aquaponics is a bio-integrated system that connects circulating aquaculture with producing hydroponic flowers, fish, herbs and vegetables, according to the Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas. [MORE]
 
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 MORE GREAT ARTICLES, REPORTS AND SITES SOON
HAVE A GREAT DAY
O Z Z I E

LATEST DIGEST OF AQUAPONIC NEWS

Welcome,



Caribbean, Pacific students converge at UOG for agriculture internship

College students from the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Marshall Islands, CNMI, Guam, Palau, and the FSM are on the University of Guam campus through June 23 participating in a three and a half week summer internship under the CariPac consortium, which is a program through which all the land grant institutions in the Caribbean and the Pacific collaborate and share information about agricultural innovation, research and applications.[FULL STORY]

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First Local Aquaponics Lab Built by Hannah More Students

Hannah More School is now home to the only known aquaponics lab—a re-circulating water system that supports plant life and fish—in the Baltimore County area. [FULL STORY]

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Four-Season Island Agriculture Funds Awarded
by Annie Brown

The Island Institute is pleased to announce awards through the Four-Season Island Agriculture Fund, supporting 12 island farming and gardening projects, and totaling $10,000.
Related

The fund seeks to support farming and gardening projects that[FULL STORY]

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FROM THE AQUAPONIC SOURCE - Over the past couple of months we have been working hard with Green Acre Organics to organize both an Aquaponics Association, and to plan the first annual Aquaponics Association Conference at which we will launch the new association.  The website for the conference is now up and taking registration!  See below for details.[FULL STORY]

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 AN AUSSIE NOTE:

Aquaponics Tour

Posted by cxc_calendar on 18/06/2011 – 12:22 am  

Filed under Uncategorized

Tagged as Alfred Deakin High School, Aquaponics

Jul

2

10:00 am

What is Happening:
The Alfred Deakin High School is holding an open day for people to view their Aquaponics set-up.
The open day, organised by SEE-Change Inner South and Clean Energy for Eternity, will be held on July 2nd between 10 am and 1 pm.
Aquaponics is an extraordinarily productive form of intensive gardening, devised totally from renewable sources.   You will be amazed by its potential.[FULL STORY]


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Introduction to Aquaponics
Saturday, July 23 10:00a to 4:30p
at Woodbine Ecology Center, Sedalia, CO

7/23, 2011 10:00am - 4:30pm
This workshop will provide participants the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of aquaponics. Some topics include: benefits of aquaponics, system designs, and more.
Students will leave the class understanding many of the elements necessary to select the right system components, fish and plant species, as well as how to startup and maintain a personal aquaponics system for the greatest success. [FULL STORY]
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Press

Nelson and Pade, Inc. is often featured and articles in newspapers, magazines and other media outlets. Here is a sampling of recent coverage:

Natural Awakenings, Milwaukee, Premier Issue

Aquaponics, Milwaukee’s Critical 21st Century Industry - Linda Sechrist
An excerpt from the article:
Although it may not be nice to fool Mother Nature, Rebecca Nelson and John Pade, founders of Nelson and Pade, Inc., in Montello, have learned that it is nice to imitate one of her grand designs:  aquaponics. [FULL STORY]
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BioCycle World
New Report On Restaurant Recycling
A nationwide survey of 500 restaurant owners and operators by the National Restaurant Association during March and April found that two-thirds have recycling programs as part of their sustainability initiatives. According to the survey, 65 percent of restaurateurs have
a recycling program in place, and 13 percent participate in composting programs. Nearly three out of four restaurant operators use products made from recycled materials; the most common of these items were bags, paper products and food containers. Seventy-four percent who recycle do so in the kitchen and office areas, while 43 percent [FULL REPORT] 
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HD Aquaponics Ep. 21 – Adding tilapia to the greenhouse aquaponics system, hand pollinating tomato plants
The solar water heater has done its job and we finally moved some tilapia to the greenhouse aquaponics system. I also try my luck with hand pollinating some tomato plants with an electric toothbrush. [for the full story with pix and vid]


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Greenhouse gardener vies for cola grant
Tomatoes and other vegetables sprout at Greg Hancock's greenhouse, located behind the WME Show Low 5 Theatre and Majestic Music. Hancock has submitted his project, growing food using hydroponics and recycled two-liter soda bottles, for a $50,000 grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project. If he gets the grant, he said he would use the money to expand to an aquaponic system and educate the public on alternative growing methods.
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Home, organic farm planned for North Stonington property

North Stonington - A Mystic family has purchased the former YMCA Camp Anderson for $345,000 and plans to use the 135-acre property for a home and organic farm, possibly including an aquaculture venture.

The Young Men's Christian Association of Southeastern Connecticut Inc. sold the property to the 96 Button Road Trust with Van Brown as trustee, according to records filed Friday in Town Hall. The name refers to the address of the former summer camp that hosted hundreds of local youths for swimming, camping, hiking and other recreational activities.[full story]
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Eye on Unemployment: Milwaukee

In the first of a new series on how unemployment is affecting African-Americans, BET.com looks at Milwaukee and what’s being done to get people working.[full story]

 
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Yes, I'm back and trying to get right back into the harness....
Happy Reading
OZZIE

LATEST UP TO THE MINUTE DIGEST OF AQUAPONIC NEWS

 

Kahuku Sustainability Club

Create organic farm, aquaponics, vermiculture, larvae entrapment projects
Provide Aquaponic systems for a families of four. Collect unwanted 55 gallon drums and wooden....
Provide scholarship money for students building the systems instead of paying an hourly.....
If requested, provide aquaponic systems for church properties, social service providers (Salvation....
Our latest initiative, Innovative Education, is comprised of filmmakers, scientists, Kupuna and....
The students living in the Ko’olauloa District (Ka’a’awa, Punalu’u, Hau’ula, Laie, Kahuku and....
The Innovation Education branch is dedicated to helping students receive programs in.....[MORE] 

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IBC Tote Aquaponics Kit
Based on Murray Hallam's incredible new video - DIY Aquaponics - this kit has all the plumbing parts you need to build a 3-bed, 275 gallon aquaponics system out of 3 IBC totes!
This kit includes the following

    All the fittings and bulkheads you will need, plus some extras for flexibility in routing your pipes*
    3 Bell siphons, complete with Media Guards
    Murray Hallam's 21 page Toteponics guide.
    Additional detailed drawings that show exactly how every part included in this kit can be used. 

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FARMING ON ASPHALT WITH NATURE AND TECHNOLOGY

asphalt_farming

By Gwen Ashley Walters

“Fish poop?” I ask, incredulously.

“Fish poop,” Mark Rhine says, rather matter-of-factly.

I’m standing in a parking lot just north of downtown Chandler, over...
I’ve boiled down to two words the engineering marvel of this recirculating...
Aquaponics is the convergence of hydroponics (growing food in water) with...
Growing food in water populated with fish is not a new form of farming..[MORE]
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Downtown alderman proposes legalizing sale of Chicago rooftop veggies
A rooftop garden sits atop City Hall in the heart of downtown.
City of Chicago/Department of Environment

The right to operate a for-profit farm in Chicago has long been an iffy...
Rooftop gardens are far from rare; hoophouses, rows of potted plants and...
But due to a lack of regulations and licensing processes, produce growers...
In April, Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) introduced amendments to the..[MORE]
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DIY Aquaponics Designs

So it turns out that aquaponics doesn’t have to be just a bunch of tanks and...

Recently we ran our first Aquaponics Workshop in Sydney, and it was a..[MORE]

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The Daddypotamus Intro to Aquaponics
Daddypotamus here. While Mommypotamus is preparing her presentation for...

As you may have deduced, I’ve not historically been the most proactive...

Maybe it’s because of this GAPS Diet (And FYI, I prefer to call it the GAPS...

Field Trip #1: DFW Aquaponics Community

I drove up to Saxby’s in Farmer’s Branch. The coffee shop was closed..[MORE]
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HD Aquaponics - Floating Raft system, DWC, growing sweet bells and ...
An update on the dwc (floating raft) bed and aquaponics greenhouse update...[MORE]
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Aquaponics and ECOLIFE

    May 15th, 2011 2:50 pm PT

Lisa Ruder

    San Diego Sustainable Living Examiner

Aquaponics is a closed loop system of fish and leafy green vegetables...

In some regions, like Western Africa, the food situation has become so...

 ECOLIFE and its founding director Bill Toone recently received the...

Continue reading on Examiner.com: Aquaponics and ECOLIFE - San Diego Sustainable..[MORE]

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Feeling Foodie? Nearby Communities Offer Innovative Solutions to Local Growing

Patch Columnist details organizations involved in southeastern Wisconsin’s local food leadership and initiatives.

There is a huge food movement gathering momentum across the globe, and nowhere more so than in southeastern Wisconsin — as it happens we are on the cutting edge.

For example, one of the oldest Community Supported Agriculture programs in...

In turn, subscribers receive gloriously fresh and nutritious produce...

Sweet Water Organics, in combination with the Sweet Water Foundation...

If you’re skeptical, go see it.

People from all over the world visit Sweet Water weekly...[MORE]
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STAY IN TOUCH FOR THE NEWEST AND BEST, HERE IN THE DIGEST

OZZIE

THE WEEK OF THE DEMISE....

So i hooked this thing up sitting above a 300gallon rubbermaid.  1 3/4" outlet pointed staight into the water about 1" above the surface.  When I turned it on the entire 300 gallons looked like the ocean frothy overflowing on all sides lost about 50 gallons of water on the floor of my garage.ns of water on the floor of my garage.....(MORE)

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Learning and growing
JESSICA MCKENZIE
THE first stage of plans to develop a community garden in Mackenzie Street was unveiled yesterday, with the opening of the Aquaponics centre.

The community garden is a joint project between Lambing Flat Enterprises (LFE), Local Employment and Training Solutions (LETS) and TAFE, and aims to provide employment training for LFE Post School Options participants and other LFE service users.

LFE provided the land and the shed that houses the Aquaponics system, LETS is providing work experience and TAFE will offer a certificate II in Horticulture, utilising the community garden....[MORE]

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We have a lot to learn about fishing

MANY NATURAL fisheries (a location to catch or rear fish) around the world have shown a decline in stock, hence the simultaneous rise in aquaculture (the cultivation of aquatic animals or plants for food).

Tilapia, a fish most people in Trinidad and Tobago are familiar with, is now the third most popular fish being reared on fish farms...[MORE]
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UTA celebrates Earth Day early by planting trees on campus

The festivities began at 8 a.m. Wednesday for 22 volunteers who helped plant 50 trees across campus, including around Lot 30 and Clay Gould Ballpark.

Grounds maintenance supervisor Jan Hergert said not all of the 50 volunteers who had signed up came to the planting.

“We have 89 trees given by city of Arlington. Our goal is to plant as many as we can in four hours,” he said.

He showed the participants how to correctly dig a hole to ensure the trees can grow properly.

Biochemistry seniors Chris Parikh and Chris Wilson said environmental sustainability was important in their field of study...[MORE]
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Danceworks finds growth, inspiration in Sweet Water Organics

Creative inspiration is a curious thing - there's no telling what might inspire it.

For Dani Kuepper, artistic director of Danceworks, inspiration struck when she discovered the local aquaponics project known as Sweet Water Organics, which raises fish and vegetables in a sustainable system in a repurposed industrial building in Bay View."I heard about Sweet Water Organics last fall," Kuepper said in a recent interview...[MORE]


BYU-Hawaii, Vermicomposting, Aquaponics, Soap project

BYU-Hawaii has been using the worm farming for some time and is now educating others on how to use the same system in their own gardens to promote a more eco-friendly method of gardening.

Vermicomposting, also known as worm farming, reduces waste and provides free fertilizer/enriched soil without using destructive chemicals. Worm farms are simple to create and maintain. Simply take organic materials such as garden clippings or leftover vegetables to feed the worms...[MORE]

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Students urged to study effect of soil

By Jessica Phan
Mark Kauzlarich/The Daily Cardinal

Farmer Will Allen said Thursday UW-Madison students should take a greater interest in the effects of soil on nutritional content in food.

Will Allen, founder and CEO of Growing Power and one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2010 urged UW-Madison students to become more involved in research on the environment and sustainable farming Monday.

Growing Power, Inc. is a nonprofit organization based on sustainably farming foods for diverse communities and providing education and hands-on training to children and adults...[MORE]
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Hands On at Woodbine Ecology Center
Hands-on Aquaponics Workshop
Date: July 24th
Time: 10:00 - 4:30pm

Location: Woodbine Ecology Center,
2584 N. State Hwy 67 | Sedalia, CO 80135
Registration: RSVP to tawnya@coloradoaquaponics.com
Price: $125

Join us for a hands-on aquaponics intensive workshop providing valuable information and skills. The cost of the course will help cover the system materials required to build an IBC aquaponics system. ..[MORE]
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Vertical farming finds success abroad; is the U.S. Next?

In the future, the farm may come to the city.

“Vertical farming” is the umbrella term describing indoor growing methods like hydroponics, aquaponics, aeroponics and other systems.

Indoor farming isn’t new, of course. Greenhouse production of flowers and vegetables is already a billion-dollar business in Canada, a country that lacks a long growing season...[MORE]
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Moffat CAN launches its Scotland-first aquaponics system

ENVIRONMENTAL charity Moffat CAN launched Scotland’s first aquaponics food growing system.

And 500 people flooded to the Old Church Depot at Annanside on Saturday to celebrate the environmental project’s opening and see how it works...[MORE]
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Aquaponics is it simple or complex

This Blog Post Goes out to Robert in Texas who contacted me through my www.TCLynx.com web site but didn’t leave an e-mail address for me to respond.

He asks for some pointers and notes how I often recommend starting small. Well yes small is subjective and you are in Texas where I guess everything is bigger (well at least till you start comparing to OZ.)...[MORE]
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New Aquaponics Project in Old Building Gears Up to Transform Community

Aquaponics is thriving at the SPIN Center in Lynn, Massachusetts. After the successful introduction of plant crops like beans, watercress, and other vegetables, the aquaponics system now houses a healthy population of tilapia. Standing prominently by the SPIN (Serving People in Need, Inc.) Center’s street-side window, it has attracted the attention of curious passer-by as well as local media...[MORE]
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Miles Davis Magnet Academy explores Aquaponics

On March 30th, students in grades 5th - 8th, participated in a field trip to the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences.
On March 30th, MDMA students explored the world of aquaponics at the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences. Our students received helpful tips that will assist them with the development of aquaponic centers in their classrooms.

As an added bonus, our students had an opportunity to visit with a few of their four-legged friends!..[MORE]
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DIY: Make Herbal, Eco-Friendly Soap Bars
by Anne-Marie Faiola

A.FaiolaAnne-Marie Faiola owns Bramble Berry , a company specializing in raw materials to manufacture soap and toiletries, and has been making soaps, lotions and all manner of bath and body products since she was 16 years old. She lives in Bellingham, Washington with her husband and son, and when she's not blogging here or for Soap Queen or filming free soapmaking videos for Soap Queen TV, she loves to read, scuba dive and hike...[MORE]
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A Need to Be Among the Cranes
By Linnea Johnson

It’s spring or promises to be, and so, again, I need to be among the Cranes. There’s an actual ache in my breastbone which pulls me to get my feet wet in the meadows, to watch the Sandhill Cranes eat and dance in the farm fields...[MORE]
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Getting a aquaponics system for my room and can't decide on what type of fish?
Because the tank is only ten gallons, that put most fish out of the question. I really don't want koi, but I was wondering if there were smaller breeds of tilapia I could get, something I can eat.

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Homemade Aquaponics update

    Added by Abdul Aleem Shekhani

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Aquaponics alive, expanding in former Case plow factory
RACINE - In Joe Heineman's last job, as a wholesaler, he often had trouble getting retailers to even return his calls.
"Now I call them," he said, "and they say, ‘We'll be there tomorrow.'"
The commodity that's whetted retailers' appetite is lettuce - locally, organically, hydroponically and...

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Our new Aquaponics Greenhouse!  

I see aquaponics like this a means to an end and I do not have a greenhouse system just a fish tank and a growbed set up on my back porch and the ground beside it. I was looking for a way to grow some fingerling channel catfish to stock my pond with...
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Earth Solutions
  Little Tokyo Aquaponics Container Gardening without A Tank, OTG-FB06
The Farm in a Box is a self-contained aquaponics system which allows you to grow organic fish and organic vegetables....

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AquaBundance Aquaponics System Charcoal
Overview - Online stores - Details
AquaBundance Aquaponics System Charcoal
Includes 60 gallon tank, 12" deep bed, steel frame with casters, pump, fittings, 150 liters of hydroton, timer, and DVD....
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Food desert no more: Nonprofit sets up aquaponics greenhouse in northeast Denver
By Katherine Doan For the Colorado Daily
I recently drove through the industrial area of Elyria-Swansea in northeast Denver, and it was hard to believe I was on my way to a greenhouse. The Nestle Purina Pet Care Company manufacturing facility stood out among vast warehouses, manufacturing plants, junkyards and signs for auto body repairs...

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Hands-on Aquaponics

Sun, 07/24/2011 - 10:00am - 4:30pm

This hands-on aquaponics intensive workshop will provide valuable information and skills necessary to build a personal or community aquaponic systems from locally sourced and repurposed materials.
The course covers:

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Bedroomponics finally up and running
Location: redmond, washington   
I have not been on in a while because of other things in my life but i finally have set up a "mini" system in my room. I have a 10 gallon fish tank, 50 gph pump, heater, small grow bed, and a light. The fish are "fancy" guppies 2 males and 4 females. i have basil and heirloom tamatoes growing. I am using...
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Aquaponics in Florida      
Looking for people interested in Aquaponics. Naples area in Florida would be my area. Follow on Facebook "Aquaponics in Florida" and post your information or request.
Here is a link that might be useful: aquaponics in Florida...
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Aquaponics with Vermiponics
i am not referring to adding a few red wrigglers to a grow bed, but where the worm bins actually become an active part of the system.
anyone working with this?
I have set up as part of a total system, 28-5gal buckets each in itself is a worm bin and each contains one plant veggie or flowering...

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Aquaponics Made Eazy
Hey Everyone! Welcome to "Aquaponics Made Eazy" page. This page is for anyone who want to create their very own Aquaponics system the EAZY way. Check it out at...

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Commercial Aquaponics Training With Applied Permaculture Design
May 16, 2011 at 6pm to May 20, 2011 at 7pm – Ukiah High School Course Description Aquaponics is one of the most sustainable and productive farming systems in the world. It combines Aquaculture and Hydroponics to create a truly self-sufficient closed loop system… Organized by Nor Cal Aquaponics and Living Mandala | Type: course/training
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Malamalama, The Magazine of the University of Hawai'i System
Oʻahu landscaper Fred Lau believes investment in aquaponic farming is an investment in the future.

        video Web extra: Introduction to Home Aquaponics

Clyde Tamaru stands on a small rise, dense trees and the verdant Windward face of the Koʻolau range...


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Aloha Mahi'ai Aquaponics

From desert to forest. 

Videos - Loess Plateau Rehabilitation - Interview J. Vogele

www.thewaterchannel.tv

World Bank task manager Juergen Vogele introduces the experiences in the initiation and implementation of the Loess Plateau project and shares his thoughts on how and why this project has succeeded. The experience shows the crucial importance of listening to the indigenous people, understanding the

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Watching Lettuce Grow – Aquaponics Research
by Island School Students

Lactuca Sativa [April 1, 2011 – April 4, 2011], known to his friends and family as Green Grand Rapids Tropicana Lettuce passed away last Monday as a result of faulty irrigation systems. He lived his short life in the farm beds on TheIslandSchool campus, under shady
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Eat Well and Make Money with Aquaponics
Author: Denise Clarke
Eating well and feeding your family through aquaponic gardening is a very attainable and earth friendly endeavor.  In the future, it may become commonplace for every family to have their own aquaponics garden, where they grow their own fresh organic produce, instead of buying grocery store produce which is chemically...
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The Home School Aquaponics Curriculum Package is designed for grades 7-10 and is an excellent tool for home schoolers who are currently using or intend to use aquaponics to teach many principles of science, agriculture, math and business. The Home Schhol Aquaponics Curriculum Package is packed full of information and tools for home schoolers teaching aquaponics. It includes:
1 Printed Educator's Guide
3 Printed Student Manuals
1 Introduction to Aquaponics Video on VHS or DVD
1 Printed Desktop Aquaponics

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A Brief Introduction to Aquaponics
[I wasn't sure where to post this. This was written as a 300 word article for a local gardening publication. It was written for an audience that has an interest in gardening, but does not know anything about aquaponics and may not even have a pre-existing interest in it. Any feedback would be appreciated as it has not printed just yet; so, I can make adjustments if needed. Thanks for reading!]

AQUAPONICS: The Dirt On Soilless Gardens

As the name suggests, aquaponics is the combination of hydroponics and aquaculture. If you're not familiar with either of these, let me explain. In hydroponic gardens the plants

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The Saga of a dead Laptop

For the first time since I moved to Laptops, I got a blue screen of death and it really was DEATH to the laptop. Fortunately I had my trusty External HDD backup. Man, I now know how important that backup is. For me, it's 200gb of space well invested.

Now to work:-

Aquaponics Classes
Event Details
Time: May 15, 2011 from 11:30am to 5:30pm
Location: Springfield Botanical Center
Street: Scenic Ave
City/Town: Springfield,MO
Event Description
Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture and hydroponics. In aquaponics, you grow fish and plants together in one integrated, soilless system. The fish waste provides a food source for the plants and the plants provide a natural filter for the water the fish live in.

                 
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Gardens celebrate solar power
WHILE plants have long known the secrets of converting sunlight into energy, humans it seems are catching up at last.
Lismore Community Garden has just gone solar and will “solarbrate” this Saturday at its Brewster Street site with a public open day.
Lismore Mayor and long-time supporter Jenny Dowell will open proceedings



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Basic Aquaponics Systems
Posted on April 6, 2011 by Jennifer Dsouza
If you are the type of grower who’s constantly searching for something that is informative, then you should read this article about “aquaponics”. Aquaponics is essentially a type of hydroponics and it acts as a great controlling measure to protect the environment from the harmful effects of a few substances which pollute the environment. It’s principally a perfect combination of aquaculture and hydroponics.




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Bathtub Aquaponics Kit
This kit has everything you need to build a thriving aquaponic system out of two recycled bathtubs!
Includes the following
    Murray Hallam's 10 page step-by-step set of instructions to guide you.  Fully illustrated, 4 color PDF takes you through the job in detail.
    Bell siphon, complete with Media Guard
    800 GPH submersible pump
    All the fittings, tubing and bulkheads you will need
At full retail price the 19 components in this kit would cost OVER $170 and take hours and hours to source and assemble! We've done all the frustrating work so you don't have to!



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From Yahoo Answers:
I have been looking into aquaponics however, my mother doesn't want to set up a system in our backyard?
We have an urban garden in our backyard and I was considering bringing the idea of aquaponics with tilapia to the...

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Breeding Farm Animals Brings Hope For Poor In ECER
Under Agropolitant project in ECER, animal breeding brings hope to 100 poor families in Batu 8, Mukim Bebar, Pekan, Pahang. Pic: Zulfaidi MuhammadBy Kamarul Irwan Alias
PEKAN, April 8 (Bernama) -- A new agropolitant project in Batu 8, under the Bebar sub district here, has been started to...
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Cylburn Aquaponics Farm

University · Baltimore, Maryland

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Tomato Seedlings at Four Weeks

Sow-a-long Update
It’s been four weeks since the “sow a long” seeds were sown and the seedlings are coming along just fine.
All five Tumbling Toms are now in their own 3 inch pots and have been given their first feed. Feeding isn’t essential if they are in good quality compost, but ...
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Fight Aging With Every Meal
By Letitia L. Star

Chickweed is traditionally used to tame coughs and hoarseness, but this native southern European he...
Protect Your Bones with Herbs
Reducing your chances of osteoporosis is as easy as digesting sage, rosemary and thyme. The common ...
Healthy Workday Lunches: Healthy Oatmeal-Cinnamon Cookies
 Make these nutritious, satisfying recipes at home, then take them along for all day sustenance. ...
From Our Bookshelf: Why Marjoram and Oregano are Superfoods
Discover why sweet marjoram, pot marjoram, and oregano is considered a powerful superfood.
Herb Basics: Best Herbal Extracts
Find out whether the best herbal extracts are fresh or dried....
Melt-in-your-mouth dark chocolate. It’s just one of many superfoods that can help fight the effects of aging so you look and feel your best, no matter...

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Foraging For Food Fundamentals
These aren't the Ten Commandments, but they are some well-learned guidelines for safety and mindfulness in the wild:
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Razor Sharp Tools in Less Than Three Minutes
By Steve Maxwell
Canadas Handiest ManIt might seem too good to be true, but there really is a way to quickly put a razor-sharp edge on chisels, planes, knives and carving tools. It only takes a minute or two, and it doesn’t demand a lot of skill. That’s a good thing because no matter how fancy and effective power tools get, hand tools are still an indispensable part of home maintenance and workshop success.

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North Haven Educators Aspire to Replicate Herring Gut ModelOn March 24th North Haven Community School principal Barney Hallowell, science teacher Kyle Wasko, and ninth grade student Ethan visited Herring Gut to discuss installing an aquaponics system at their school on North Haven. 
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School Curriculums - Aquaponics.com
Nelson and Pade, Inc offers aquaponic systems, aquaponic equipment, aquaponic supplies, information, workshops and training in aquaponics.
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Commerical Aquaponics
Date: May 14th and 15
Course Description:
This workshop is focused on the various aspects of medium to large scale aquaponics food production in a deep water culture or raft style system.
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How the aquaponics farm works
Graphic: How the aquaponics farm works. ct-biz-0410-aquaponics-gfc.eps-20110410. ( Tribune, Tribune / April 8, 2011 ) ...

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VIDEO: Aquaponics alive, growing in former Case plow factory
Joe and Johanna Heineman of Bristol have created an aquaponics operation inside a former J.I. Case Co. plow factory just outside of Downtown Racine.


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