Aquaponics Research Facility At Armstrong State University Now Supplying Fish And Veggies To Faculty And Staff
Aquaponics farming has been gaining popularity in many areas for several years now and one university in Georgia has established their own aquaponics research facility in order to study the sustainability of this farming method.
Thanks to a $100,000 donation from the Forum Group Charitable Foundation, the school got the necessary funds in order to launch more research into aquaponics and set up their own facility in order to help them to do this.
They want to know if this sort of farming method is convenient and efficient enough for commercial scale farming.
Students are working along with faculty at the Armstrong State University in order to investigate this specific farming method, which centers around using fish waste and water in order to fertilize and grow the produce. It involves combing the practice of hydroponics with aquaculture.
When it comes to the aquaponics research facility in Georgia, their aquaponics facility is a 4,100 square foot greenhouse and the project cost them about $150,000 to get up and running. The project is a joint venture between both the University and the Foram Foundation.
Aside from the research, the facility has now started producing fish and vegetables that are being sold to the faculty and staff.
They are hoping that this sort of farming method will help to bring fresh and affordable produce options to rural communities and urban food deserts etc.
There are now a number of different aquaponics kits being sold on Amazon that cost anywhere from $15 to $100 or more, depending on how big of a system you want and quality. But it is fairly easy now for people to find something affordable that they can start at home, even if that's just growing a few green onions or some herbs.
Aquaponics has proved to be successful as a farming method for a number of different crops: kale, basil, mint, cabbage, cauliflower, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and more.
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Sources:
http://www.wtoc.com/story/35510692/wtoc-good-news-armstrong-state-university-studies-sustainability-through-aquaponics
https://www.armstrong.edu/science-technology/sarc
http://seedstock.com/2016/02/08/university-researches-economic-sustainability-of-large-scale-aquaponics/
http://fox28media.com/news/local/armstrong-state-research-students-investigate-affordability-of-aquaponics
http://savannahnow.com/exchange/2015-10-08/armstrong-aquaponics-program-receives-100000-grant
http://savannahnow.com/exchange/2014-11-21/savannah-mans-aquaponic-hobby-partnership-armstrong-state-university
https://aquaponics.com/recommended-plants-and-fish-in-aquaponics/
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I've done aquaponics for a few years. I love it.
Check out the video the ibcs of aquaponics and backyardaquaponics.com
That´s really interesting and probably a way to produce more food on less space. I´ve never heard of it so far though but am already searching on google now :)
I was studying this a while back when I was looking at how to grow watercress and thought it was pretty genius. Sustainable food supply that isn't destroying the environment. Who would have thought, right?
Aquaponics is awesome, I've been meaning to post on here about it. I've been refining my systems for the past 5 years, trying to find the best setups for indoor/personal use and for larger sized, urban styles.
So few have worked to scale it as an agricultural alternative, and I hope these guys find success, I wish them the best of luck. An Aquaponic-styled agricultural system would be so much more efficient than what we have now.
Aquaponics is awesome. I have some working knowledge of this from some scientist friends who installed a large aquaponics system at a orphanage in Honduras.
Great ! Its so good to spread the word about this way of growing food. A very water-efficient way of growing too.
Seems a bit costly funding for something people are already using to produce but what do I know. It's good result anyway.
I love the plants in the beautiful garden
Aquaponics is amazing- I had a functional system in a 12x15 greenhouse - leafy greens and cucumbers grow like crazy. I was raising Tilapia and about 2.5 years in my fish died due to poor water quality- fact is I started with too many fish- I won't make that mistake again. Besides now I don't eat fish so my next system will have koi- coy of me aye?
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