Aquaponics may sound like a Swedish pop group from the 1990s, but this ultra-green offshoot of hydroponics might be the ...
Many of us have completely lost sight of where the food we eat comes from. As long as the product is sitting on the shelf when we visit the supermarket, we pay little attention to the process that led ...
The folks at the non-profit ECOLIFE Foundation are dedicated to providing, as they put it, “ecologically sustainable water, food, and shelter to communities through education applied programs.” Part ...
Hello, growers! Consider this your bare bones guide to understanding and building a simple Aquaponics system. There is much more to cover than this brief overview, but it should help you better ...
I have designed my own hydroponic system. I have builtself-sustaining mini-aquariums. But though I've thought about it, I've yet to get up the nerve to combine the two. Now, with the Home Aquaponics ...
I once built my own backyard aquaculture system, a semi-disaster which I detailed in a previous post. I wasn’t even attempting the hydroponics part, but just building a self-sustaining system to raise ...
The AquaFarm is a miniature aquaponics factory for your kitchen. It’s just the latest in the company’s plan to help you produce more things to eat in your own home. This piece is part of Change ...
I grew up in Iowa, so I've spent a fair amount of time around farms. I'm well acquainted with tractors, silos, red barns and fields as far as the eye can see. So when I walked into a greenhouse ...
Aquaponics, a system of farming that uses no soil, also uses far less water than traditional agriculture. But while the technique is gaining attention, it remains a very niche way to grow produce due ...