As Jamaica experiences increasingly severe impacts of climate change and food insecurity, more farmers are turning toward environmentally and financially sustainable farming practices. More ...

If you’re fishing for a fun and eco-friendly gardening project while at home, try building a small-scale aquaponics system in your backyard. Aquaponics is a form of agriculture that combines ...

I once built my own backyard aquaculture system, a semi-disaster which I detailed in a previous post. I wasn’t even attempting the hydroponics part, but just building a self-sustaining system to raise ...

Bob Jordan designed a One Barrel Aquponic System as a simple way into the aquaponic method of growing plants. Bob Jordan's One Barrel Aquaponic System has a timer circulation water for 15 minutes per ...

Growing fresh vegetables and fish in your backyard with aquaponics is the latest trend in sustainable farming. Aquaponics combines aquaculture (fish farming) and hydroponics, which means growing ...

Koi fish can be raised in an aquaponics system that includes an aquarium or pond, and a soil-free bed for plants. The excrement from the fish fertilizes the plants in this system. (Tiffany Woods) Skip ...

In our quest for a better aquaponics, we each face our challenges. Here in Wisconsin, we average five feet of snow in wintertime along with temperatures below -20°F, and often go two solid months ...

Fresh fruit, vegetables by the dozen, chillies, herbs, chickens, turkeys and fish — it sounds like a bustling market, but it is actually the backyard of the Sleep family in Whyalla, South Australia.