Figure 1: Schematic illustration of a hydroponic growing system that employs the nutrient film technique method. Credit: Technology Networks. In addition to the presence of fish stocks and microbial ...

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Aquaponics refers to the rearing of fish and plants together in a controlled environment. It is a combination of aquaculture, the rearing of fish, and hydroponics, the growing of plants without soil.

Aquaponics is the combination of hydroponic gardening and aquaculture (fish farming) in an integrated system that uses fish waste to fertilize the vegetables. Commercial aquaponic systems can be both ...

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Aquaponics, a system of farming that uses no soil, also uses far less water than traditional agriculture. But while the technique is gaining attention, it remains a very niche way to grow produce due ...

At a time when food production is becoming increasingly de-localized, the Urban Food Jungle aims to provide a space where food is produced right where it is consumed. AECOM designed this conceptual ...

When a young architecture start-up in Vietnam went looking for office space, the Farming Architects team, led by founder An Viet Dung, looked to the local vernacular for inspiration. The result is the ...

The journal Horticulturae reports in a current issue on Purdue University research findings about E. coli in aquaponic and hydroponic systems. Three years of other research about deadly E. coli ...

How to grow a salad in a very large box. Steve McLeod and Lori Medlin don’t take credit for the idea of aquaponic shipping containers. McLeod remembers hearing about them 30 years ago. “There was talk ...