Growing Fish in Greenhouses

Milwaukee's Growing Power, a community-based urban food center, is using plants as natural water filters for raising yellow perch. Fred Binkowski, an aquaculture specialist with the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute, provides technical advice on the experimental effort.
www.growingpower.org
www.seagrant.wisc.edu

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• aquaculture
• yellow perch
• Growing Power
• greenhouses
• aquaponics

[davehutchinson67]

@drahm33 Hey idiot..didn't you hear him say they sell to local restaurants and farmer's markets and such....the place at least breaks even or runs at a modest profit. Even if it ran at a slight loss...it's worth the investment 10x over. Fuck you Monsanto.

[TheJabbaPoint]

awesome



[grandmastermicochero]

how do you eliminate the condensation in the greenhouse in the winter time when you are heating it?

[blackhawkcreations]

This is pretty amazing,on a lot of different levels!! Kudos!!

I'm amazed there aren't a pile of this type set up here in Fl, where the weather precludes heating costs in a greenhouse.

We are doing a 16'x20' aquaponics greenhouse on our property right now-system has been cycling for 6 months using koi to provide nutrients for the plants...next step is 100 catfish.

What are you folks using for growing medium in the pots on racks?

Steve

[blackhawkcreations]

This is pretty amazing,on a lot of different levels!! Kudos!!

I'm amazed there aren't a pile of this type set up here in Fl, where the weather precludes heating costs in a greenhouse.

Steve

[sandrajeanification]

It is grass roots efforts like this that can help us get mankind and nature a little more back in sync.

[sustainable2012]

Permaculture and other design sciences are moving fast so get started on your own niche now!...

I would love to come check this out... I want one

[davidthe1]

why dont they use some of the compost to grow oyster mushrooms? :D

[xtg360]

@HighTowerMinistries go to an aquarium shop,you can buy a product called PH down,alternatively you can use lemon juice, or vinegar.

[tetsuzanbennyron]

Aloha Aquaculture Enthusiasts: Mahalo to our speakers who have done a great job presenting at the International Workshop on Aquaponics and Tilapia during August 2010 at Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii. To learn more about the workshop and to watch many free, full length presentations from that workshop go to AquacultureHub website.

[WVliberty]

West Virginia University raises trout in a greenhouse on the University farm in Wardensville

[tedqb360]

I'd love to do something like it here in southjersey, if I had the funds.