community gardening
More to come. This is a very exciting project and we cannot wait to share this with you all.
Aquaponics
Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines a traditional aquaculture (raising aquatic animals such as snails, fish, crayfish or prawns in tanks) with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) in a symbiotic environment. In aquaculture, effluents accumulate in the water, increasing toxicity for the fish. This water is led to a hydroponic system where the by-products from the aquaculture are broken down by nitrogen fixing bacteria, then filtered out by the plants as vital nutrients, after which the cleansed water is recirculated back to the animals.
The three main inputs to the system are water, feed given to the aquatic animals, and electricity to pump water between the aquaculture subsystem and the hydroponics subsystem. Spawn or fry may be added to replace grown fish that are taken out from the system to retain a stable system. In terms of outputs, an aquaponics system may continually yield plants such as vegetables grown in hydroponics, and edible aquatic species raised in an aquaculture.
I have put together some images below to help people understand the system. There are a variety of way to do this and depending on the size of the property we will build on will determine the type we build. We can accept private or public land space on a loan for 1 year or more. The space can be any type including concrete slab and parking lots, as well as dirt and grass fields/yards.
The three main inputs to the system are water, feed given to the aquatic animals, and electricity to pump water between the aquaculture subsystem and the hydroponics subsystem. Spawn or fry may be added to replace grown fish that are taken out from the system to retain a stable system. In terms of outputs, an aquaponics system may continually yield plants such as vegetables grown in hydroponics, and edible aquatic species raised in an aquaculture.
I have put together some images below to help people understand the system. There are a variety of way to do this and depending on the size of the property we will build on will determine the type we build. We can accept private or public land space on a loan for 1 year or more. The space can be any type including concrete slab and parking lots, as well as dirt and grass fields/yards.
