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three years ago, Stan Lyons, owner of Malamalama Farm in Honaunau, looked over his devastated coffee crop, lost to the cherry borer beetle, and asked himself, "What's next? I've got no water and no soil."
Seen the above the other day , in comments on the New Jersey article someone brought up Aquaponics .
Aquaponics is a specific arena of organic farming that is based on fish ponds and an enclosed hydro-circulation system. The foundation of Lyons' entire operation is a 5-by-10-foot fish pond that is 5 feet deep and built in cement and under cover. All the water for the system is from catchment, and fueled by 20 or so tilapia and koi that glide past in blends of orange, white and black. "In a true aquaponic system, you're supposed to eat the fish too," Lyons explained. "But we can't do that. These guys are our pets." In a typical aquaculture system, the pond water generates waste product from the fish. Aquaponics puts that by-product to work. Leading away by gravity feed from the pond, the water flows into a filter tank that divides the solid material and the water. That is the first stage of its nutrient breakdown. The bottom of the filter tank has a valve that allows the solid material to be collected. "This is incredible organic fertilizer. I put it directly on my raised beds and the results are phenomenal," Lyons added.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by number6 on Sunday August 09 2015, @10:20PM
Aquaponics is a specific arena of organic farming that is based on fish ponds and an enclosed hydro-circulation system.
The word Arena is used inappropriately in the above sentence and gives me an impression of bastardization of the English language.
The word Class would have been an acceptable word to use here.
Arena is a noun which describes a sphere of activity involving human pursuits (eg: "he entered the political arena")
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday August 09 2015, @10:52PM
I noticed that too. I was wondering if they had to build their little farms in a sports arena to qualify, or something equally weird.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 09 2015, @10:52PM
> gives me an impression of bastardization of the English language.
Oh noes. Unwed mothers!
> Arena is a noun which describes a sphere of activity involving human pursuits
Right you are me boy-o! Organic farming is absolutely not a human pursuit.