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Aquaponics: Growing Crops on the ‘Open Water’

January 17, 2023 Scott Elliott, ARS Office of Communications

It may be winter, but it is still possible to access fresh, locally-grown produce. How? With aquaponics. Americans and people living around the world can grow crops year-round in a soilless hydroponic environment regardless of their regions’ climate or season. It also has the added benefit of...

Research and Science

There's Something Fishy Going on in Petersburg's Food Desert

October 26, 2015 Carlos J. Harris and Scott Elliott, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Money’s tight in Petersburg, Va., and sometimes it’s difficult to put nutritious food on the table. Like many other cities in America, Petersburg has found its way onto USDA’s list of food deserts – meaning that residents have limited access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food. Virginia State...

Conservation Food and Nutrition

Hooked on Aquaponics

November 08, 2013 Arthur Neal, Deputy Administrator, AMS Transportation & Marketing Program

If you’re wondering what aquaponics is, you’re not alone. Tracing its roots back to the Aztecs and rice cultivation in South China, aquaponics is a combination of aquaculture and hydroponics – growing fish and plants together in a symbiotic system. Basically, the plants keep the water clean for the...

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