Touch the Soil News #2020 (photo – Container Fish Farm – (Photo courtesy of Chong Jun Liang and Aqualita ) Called Decentralized Modular Recirculating Aquaculture System, the project is a fish farm in a container. The idea is to boost local food in high density cities where space comes at a premium. Whether or not…
Touch the Soil News #2015 (photo – WestWinn Urban Ag Aquaponics – (Courtesy of Westwinn Urban Ag Aquaponics https://www.westwinnag.com/) Newcastle News of Sharon, Pennsylvania bring the story of a brave new company – WestWinn Urban Ag. The company invested $4 million into an aquaculture growing enterprise in a former Westinghouse torpedo factory facility. Starting operations…
Touch the Soil News #1618 (Feature Photo – Aquaponics – By ryan griffis from Urbana, USA – Growing Power, Milwaukee, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7928080 Forbes journalist Areilla Simke takes us on another foray into Aquaponics. Aquaponics is a system that combines aquaculture and hydroponics. Obviously, it requires controlled environments, indoor spaces and technology. You can…
Touch the Soil News #1405 (Feature photo – The City of Eliat, Israel – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license -Deror_Evi) Fish Farmer news portal reports on Israel’s entry into fish farming as a major undertaking by the nation. Initial plans are to turn the city of Eliat from a tourist destination into a…
Touch the Soil News #1289 (Feature photo – Tilapia – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) AgFunder News recently highlighted a new startup called BioFishency. BioFishency builds water treatment appliances that eliminate ammonia buildup and oxygenate the water. This substantially reduces the amount of water needed to farm fish. It improves the health of fish and potentially…
