“Given the ecological and economic viability of aquaponics, food would be significantly more just if this unique form of aquaculture (aquaponics) became the future of floating protein”. – Just Food, by James E. McWilliams
Of all the […]
I once read that while there are many definitions of ‘green and sustainable’ practices, the Holy Grail of being green is one that takes a waste stream from one system and creates a productive input into another system. Clearly this is one of the most attractive features of aquaponics. It converts the waste stream from aquaculture […]
This past Monday I returned home from a 10 day trip through Japan with my son. It was a high school graduation gift for him (in part to exercise his four years of Japanese language classes) and a birthday present for me (one of those big deal birthdays that end in a zero. Can you […]
A few weeks ago I was on Skype with Meg Stout going through some changes to the Aquaponics Association website. Meg asked me if I had ever heard of the United Nation’s World Water Day. No, I hadn’t. She said that […]
I’ve been doing several radio interviews a week for the past few weeks to promote my new book, Aquaponic Gardening. Radio interviews are usually fun because they are essentially conversations with very personable people about my favorite subject! Most of the hosts have […]
This week a friend and aquaponics colleague sent me a link to an NPR Salt Food Blog summary of an ‘All Things Considered’ radio broadcast titled Facing Planetary Enemy #1 – Agriculture. Both the broadcast and blog post were focused on […]
In the past couple of weeks three events have transpired that all fall under the heading of food safety, aquaponics, and how the public perceives the two.
1) The E. coli outbreak in Europe highlights yet again the risks in our current food supply system. In an excerpt from an NYT article run June 6, […]
In the wine-infused post-dinner conversation with an out of town house guest this week, a rather profound statement was made. Our guest said “we need to quiet our cleverness” in response to some branch of our conversation. “Wow that is quite an interesting thing to say” was my response, or at least that is how […]
The Farmer’s Market has been a central human tradition through much of our history. Farmers and merchants bring their produce and wares to the town market square on market day and serve their neighbors, exchanging food for currency. In the middle of the last century the Green Revolution, the flight to suburbia, and our new […]
Have you ever seen a video that so blew you away that when it ended your mind started racing to figure out how to share it with the most number of people possible? I just had that experience this morning, so after sharing this video with the community site, Facebook, and Twitter, I am now […]
