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 ...

Some say that aquaponics may be the future of local food production, especially in cities. Why? Well, it’s a soilless, recirculating system that uses the waste products of one system to fuel another ...

GLASTONBURY, Conn. (AP) - FRESH Farm Aquaponics, of Glastonbury, was born start several years ago with a college student on a bus, holding a 20-gallon fish tank filled with black sand, fish food, a ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - An aquaponic farm is something most people from our area have not heard of; however, within a few years that might not be the case. An aquaponic farm is a greens house ...

Aquaponics is a sustainable way of growing food that many say could help combat global hunger, and one local couple is bringing freshly-farmed veggies to East Tennesseans' tables using this method. It ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — There’s new life blooming in an old South Memphis warehouse, and there’s something fishy about this operation. It’s called aquaponics, and some call the new gold rush when it comes to ...

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 ...

Patrick Durkin has been converting a former Manorville commercial fish farm into an aquaponics operation where fish and plants grow together. Fresh-picked watercress, mint and Vietnamese coriander are ...

Amid the worst economy in decades, Andrew Fernitz, 23, thinks he can raise fish and organic produce for a living. While his classmates are searching for jobs at employment fairs and scrambling for ...

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.

Editor’s Note: Marianne Cufone is an adjunct environmental law professor at Loyola University New Orleans and the executive director of the Recirculating Farms Coalition, a collaborative group of ...