Container Fish Farming – An Add On to Your Farmer’s Market

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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:…

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