Youngstown Ohio get sustainable fish farm

The Idora neighbour hood of Youngstown of Ohio is to get its own sustainable fish farm, breeding tilapia, to help improve the communities access to nutritious food. The farm will be of neighborhood scale, with zero discharge recirculating aquaponics system. This system will allow the towns people to grow and harvest healthy and nutritious tilapia, but also fresh produce all year round. The majority of the  community are classed as low income (27 percent below the poverty level). This project will allow them to have a source of healthy protein pretty much all year round. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.