Saturday, December 18, 2010
Green-Acres, Nelson and Pade, partners - Kansas City Aquaponics Project
This week John and I travelled to Kansas City to meet with Ms. Carol Coe and the Green Acres Community Garden group. We began talking with Ms. Coe over a year ago about expanding their community garden program into aquaponics and education. A group from Green Acres toured our greenhouse in November of 2009 and, now after a great deal of planning, working and collaborating, they are funded and ready to start the project. more »
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
Our last workshop of 2010 took place December 9-11, 2010 and wrapped up a very successful year of training. Overall for the year, we’ve had over 200 participants in our training programs from 30 states and 15 countries.
The December workshop attendees came from 15 different states, plus Africa, Sweden and Canada to brave the Wisconsin winter and learn about aquaponics. Interests ranged from home food production to social and commercial projects. This was a very fun and well rounded group and we really enjoyed getting to know them all. I am always happy to see friendships blossom among the workshop participants as like-minded individuals share their ideas and plans for aquaponics. John, Kathleen and I made new friends as well and we look forward to long and fruitful relationships with all of the participants in this workshop. more »
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
2010 has been a year of achievements, milestones and growth for Nelson and Pade, Inc, a Wisconsin-based company specializing in aquaponics. Aquaponics is a sustainable method of food production that combines aquaculture (fish farming) and hydroponics (soilless plant culture) to efficiently grow both fish and plants in one recirculating system.
2010 brought exciting new growth and substantial achievements for Nelson and Pade, Inc., a Montello, WI-based company that specializes in aquaponics and controlled environment agriculture. Aquaponics is a sustainable method of food production that combines aquaculture (fish farming) and hydroponics (soilless plant culture) to efficiently grow both fish and plants in one recirculating system. The fish waste provides an organic fertilizer source for the plants and the plants help to purify the water for the fish. more »
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