Sustainable Aquaponics!

 

Sustainable Aquaponics!

Aquaponics and Hydroponics was first introduced to me by a guest speaker at the New Jersey Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The speaker was from Drop the Beet Farm. Over the years I have witnessed his business grow and thrive. His company designs Aquaponic units in public schools and elsewhere. In the schools it engages the students to learn about math and science. It is no surprise that it has made its way into Universities, like Rowan too. All ages can learn and participate in aquaponics and hydroponics.

It was exciting for me to host Steve Ordog, a science professor at Rowan University, to speak to my Contemporary Issues in Nutrition class. My class learned so much on how the system works to be sustainable. Rowan has Koi fish and large mouth bass. Other fish can be used too, such as tilapia or shellfish.

Aquaponic farm agriculture cultivation is soil free; it is a re-circulation ecosystem of plants and is sustainable. The fish waste turns into food for the plants to grow. In the nitrogen cycle, plants absorb nitrates and remove it from the water. 

Here is a great video to learn more about the Aquaponics system that Professor Steven Ordog leads at Rowan: 

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