Many of us dream of growing wonderful vegetables in our backyards, and doing so organically. But one of the sticky points for people on the Monterey Peninsula is being able to provide enough water for ...
Host Nan Sterman presents Season 5 of A GROWING PASSION, a television show that celebrates all the ways that San Diego “grows,” from farms and nurseries to backyards and schoolyards, to native ...
Aquaponics is a sustainable way of growing food that many say could help combat global hunger, and one local couple is bringing freshly-farmed veggies to East Tennesseans' tables using this method. It ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Instead of inmate beds, a bed of lettuce sits in the Denver jail’s Palmer Building, where a convict dormitory was transformed into a space for sustainable ...
Many of us have completely lost sight of where the food we eat comes from. As long as the product is sitting on the shelf when we visit the supermarket, we pay little attention to the process that led ...
CLERMONT COUNTY, Ohio (WXIX) - In Williamsburg Township, an area with many farmers and gardeners, barns are typical to see. However, the barn located on one farmer’s property looks different than what ...
One of the finalists of Inhabitat’s recent Biodesign competition, Aquaponic Future Housing comprises a three-level home 3D-printed with biodegradable plastic that also has its own closed-loop ...
As a 22-year-old undergraduate at Nebraska Wesleyan University majoring in biology, Jirovec heard about aquaponics in one of his classes. The concept of growing plants in water that drew their ...
For most people, urban agriculture might mean a small vegetable garden in the backyard. But early adopters of aquaponics are taking things a step further, investing start-up costs of about $300 and ...
Unless you are Alice Waters or Barbara Kingsolver, planting and maintaining an edible garden can seem a tad arduous. In her book "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle," Kingsolver extolled the pleasures of home ...
Hidden along the back roads of Hockley is a 7,200-square-foot aquaponic greenhouse, the brainchild of Houston natives Matthew Braud and Andrew Alvis. The 25-year-old Louisiana State University grads ...