2/26/2009 PERMALINK
Backyard aquaponics can keep your family well fed in hard times
Most of us know about the numerous studies in recent years showing the disease prevention and lifespan extension effects of diets heavy in veggies and cold water fish. Frankly, there have been so many news reports about the beneficial health effects of such diets lately, that it seems to have driven store prices up. Fortunately, a powerful combination of small scale fish farming and hydroponics, called aquaponics, can let you produce plenty of these healthy foods for your family from a modest greenhouse in your own back yard or even in your basement using the new power-sipping LED grow lights. Aquaponics takes advantage of the natural symbiotic relationship between plants and aquatic animals in a recirculating water environment. If your system is well designed, an amazingly small amount of daily effort is necessary to produce a substantial amount of fish and veggies ... more