Tag Archive: aquaponics

Inflatable DWC: World’s Most Versatile Hydroponics System

Amber

A hydroponics system that is really three systems in one, and then some. Designed in Wales, a grower can use it as aeroponics, deep water culture with bubbleponics magic inside, and easily turn it into aquaponics by adding fish to the nutrient supply line.

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Diary of an Indoor Grower: Hydroponics Garden Evolution

The only thing that hasn’t changed in my hydroponics garden is its dimensions. It is just over 70 Sq feet (6.6 X 11.2).with 8-foot ceilings. Otherwise, it is in a constant state of flux. Lights, systems, nutrients, fans, controllers, you name it I have changed it. Part of the reason is that I have, especially…
May 28, 2017
Eric Coulombe

Huge Urban Farming Complex Coming to Shanghai

Urban farming is no stranger in Shanghai. There are small, soil-based growing operations scattered around the metropolis. In fact, a century ago much of Shanghai’s food supply came from 300,000 hectares of farmland that ringed the city. But like many cities, population growth and urban sprawl did away with most agricultural land on the perimeter.…
April 25, 2017
Callie

Saltwater Aquaponics & Indoor Shrimp Farming

Is the next big thing in urban farming going to be shrimp farming indoors? Not crayfish. Gourmet Pacific White Shrimp is grown in a sustainable greenhouse and indoor aquaculture systems. Over the past few years indoor shrimp farms are popping up between the coasts and in some of the most unlikely places. Many of these farms are a…
April 1, 2017
Amber

Rooftop Hydroponic Farms in Tel Aviv, Israel

Finding the only rooftop hydroponic farming company in the heart of Tel Aviv won’t be easy from the street. It’s hiding on top a mountain of concrete known as the Dizengof Center, a massive shopping mall surrounded by high rises, busy streets, and pedestrians. But it’s up there, and churning out 10,000 heads of lettuce…
December 31, 2016
Callie

Canada’s 1st Aquaponic Food Bank Farm

Providing healthy foods isn’t easy for food banks, especially in communities with a large disadvantaged population. The aquaponic food bank farm offers these non-profits a solution to the dilemma of an inadequate supply of fresh foods. Not just because of its combination of meat and vegetable harvests, the system is also highly sustainable. So, it’s…
December 2, 2016
Amber