North Central Region SARE: advancing the frontier of... Aquaculture & Aquaponics Aquaculture is the cultivation of fish and aquatic animals and plants. Aquaponics is a bio-integrated system that links recirculating aquaculture with hydroponic vegetable, flower, and/or herb production. In aquaponics, nutrient-rich effluent from fish tanks is used to fertigate hydroponic production beds. SARE has supported recent advances by producers, research- Aers, and educators that are helping to make aquaculture and aquaponics into working models of sustainable production. NCR-SARE Project Sampler To view SARE’s entire aquaculture and aquaponics portfolios, or just the North Central region’s, visit http://mysare.sare.org and search using the terms “aquaculture” or “aquaponics.” For selected North Central region Professionals engaged in hands-on aquaponics grants, see the reverse side. workshops at Growing Power which focused on community food system strategies including aquaponic systems Through a SARE project, youth learned about the potential and community-building through ecological benefits and the opportunities for increased education. These same principles were profits through the creation and use of an aquaponic system. implemented at Growing Power, and Food produced in this system was eventually integrated shared with more than 3,500 visitors into the school nutrition program and served to students. during the two year SARE project. See See www.sare.org/projects and search for project number www.sare.org/projects and search for YENC09-015. project number ENC03-071. A producer studied the feasability of using on- farm inputs for fish food such as red wigglers, meal worms, black soldier fly larva and tank raised duckweed (as opposed to commercially processed fish pellets), and other activites in order to reduce expenditures. See www.sare.org/projects and search for project number FNC12-863. A producer started an aquaponics system in a greenhouse for fish, herb, and vegetable production. Results were shared with several youth groups, visitors, their farmer’s Heifer Project International group, and another local farmer with an interest in aquaponics. See www.sare.org/projects and SARE’s four regional programs and outreach office work to advance – to the whole of search project number FNC03-441. 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NCR-SARE’s Aquaculture & Aquaponics Portfolio Selected Grants Related to Aquaculture & Aquaponics F ARMER AND R ANCHER G RANTS P RO F ESSIONAL D EVELO P MENT G RANTS Full Circle Aquaponics Demonstration Site Building a Diverse Food Web: Professional Alice Hill, Atwood, KS, FNC12-863, $7500 Development Training in Sustainable Community Food Systems with a Focus on Appropriate Technologies Adding Value to a Missouri Family Farm by for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Small Scale Incorporating Aquaculture into an Existing Farm Operation: Expanding Prawn and Trout into an Existing Producers in Rural and Urban Communities Hybrid Bluegill Operation in a One-year Cycle Will Allen, Milwaukee, WI, ENC05-087 Joe Gaylord, Butler, MO, FNC10-795, $5985 Building with Community: Professional Development Study to Reduce Parasitic Infestations of Yellow Perch Training in Sustainable Food Systems in Flow-Through Outdoor Growout Systems William West, Black Creek, WI, FNC08-731, $6000 Will Allen, Milwaukee, WI, ENC03-071, $90000 Micro Solutions for Urban Agriculture Trish Grim, St. Louis, MO, FNC06-627, $5985 R ESEARCH AND E DUCATION G RANTS Freshwater Shrimp: Improved Nursery Technology Assisting Farmers in Crisis to Adopt Sustainable Project Bob Calala, New London, OH, FNC06-638, $6000 Marketing Alternatives John Masiunas, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, Development of Notropis Spilpoterus (Spotfin Shiner) LNC00-169, $15502 Aquaculture Propagation Methods and Techniques Steven C. Snyder, Bowling Green, OH, FNC05-586 Transition of a Conventional Swine Operation to a Y OUTH E DUCATOR G RANTS Closed-system Freshwater Fish Operation Growing Fish & Plants in an Aquaponic System Sustainable Greenhouse Production Practices- Ellis Dieckhoff, Higginsville, MO, FNC05-590, $6000 Hydroponics, Aquaponics, and Growing Food Locally Growing Fish & Plants in an Aquaponic System Nathan Papendorf, Westby, WI, YENC09-015, $198 Lori Bahre, Oakdale, IL, FNC04-533, $4848 Three Little Fishes Learn More... Brenday Lyons, Sandoval, IL, FNC04-520, $5,998 For more information on aquaculture, review the Raising Tilapia Fish in Tanks Along with Plants and National Sustainable Agriculture Information Vegetables in Beds Service publication, Aquaculture Enterprises: Irene Seals, St Anne, IL, FNC03-441, $10020 Considerations and Strategies, at https://at- tra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/summary. Southern Ohio Shrimp Project php?pub=257. Polly Creech, Albany, OH, FNC02-388, $4579 For more information on aquaponics, review the North Central Region Paddlefish Polyculture Project National Sustainable Agriculture Information Scott Miller, Chrisman, IL, FNC01-338, $14378 Service publication, Aquaponics — Integration of Sandhills Aquaculture Coop Hydroponics with Aquaculture, at https://at- Tanya Storer, Whitman, NE, FNC99-285, $15000 tra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/summary. Trout and Walleye Production in Freshwater Springs in php?pub=56. Illinois Michael Rahe, Jacksonville, IL, FNC98-235, $4834 For information on many more SARE-funded aquaculture and aquaponics projects, search the SARE project database: www.sare.org/projects This product was developed with support from the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture — National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA). Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed within do not necessarily reflect the view of the SARE .