The 2,500-square-foot farm she has created acts as a community space of sorts. students regularly visit oko farms to learn about aquaponic farming, and yemi welcomes anyone in the community to wander through and learn more about what she’s doing. when she's not tending to her own farm, yemi helps build aquaponic farms throughout new york.. Yemi amu: i started oko farms because i wanted to showcase aquaponics in new york city. aquaponics is a sustainable form of farming that grows plants and fish together in a recirculating ecosystem. aquaponics is a sustainable form of farming that grows plants and fish together in a recirculating ecosystem.. Oko farms is located on a formerly vacant lot in brooklyn's bushwick neighborhood and, at 2,500 square feet, is the largest outdoor aquaponics farm in new york city. the farm raises edible fish (tilapia, catfish) and ornamental fish (koi and goldfish) and cultivate vegetables, herbs and flowers, co-founder and farm manager yemi amu told the.
One company innovating with these models and discoveries is edenworks, an indoor aquaponics farm in new york city. i spoke with ceo and cofounder jason green about the microbiome, whole ecosystems. In a brooklyn aquaponic farm, basil grown with tilapia is the future verticulture is the new york city version of the 21st century farm. by alessandra potenza; on june 15, 2016 09:00 am; @ale. Aquaponics isn't just a way to grow fish and produce independent of climate. it's an efficient, low-waste agricultural system, and as chief farmer mark doherty of aqua vita farms (one of the few wholesale aquaponics farms in the u.s.) puts it, it could be part of our efforts to feed a rapidly growing population with increasingly scarce resources..
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