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…
Category: Aquaponics
WestWinn Urban Ag – Braving a Bold Urban Ag Enterprise
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…
India – On the Verge of an Organic Explosion
Touch the Soil News #1630 (Feature Photo – Aquaponics – CCA 4.0 International, Mbrickn) HortDaily brings us news of yet another organic aquaponics farm from India that is carving its way into the world of organics. Called LandCraft Agro, the company’s employees are mostly women – helping bring better food quality and economics to a…
Another Look at Hydroponics
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…
Hotel Property Takes on Aquaponic Farming of Fish and Produce
Touch the Soil News #1520 (Feature photo – Fresh Vegetables – Public Domain, Leon Brooks) While most hotels in the world would not consider growing produce and fish on their premises, the Fairmont Hotel in Singapore has done just that. Singapore is an island city-state in Southeast Asia of almost 6 million people. It is…
The Coming Age of Aquaponics Farms
Touch the Soil News #1397 (Feature photo – Aquaponic Farm – Ryan GriffisCreative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. ) Bold Business news portal journalist Imelda Rabang covers the interesting growth of aquaponics farming. She covers 8 aquaponics enterprises and provides links for those who want more information. You can read the full story here:…