Learning all about Aquaponics!
A special thanks to guest speaker Mike Crescitelli, an Aquaponic Farm and Syhttps://stems Designer, for giving a presentation to STEM 5th graders about the process.
Aquaponics is a food production syhttps://stem that couples aquaculture with hydroponics whereby the nutrient-rich aquaculture water is fed to hydroponically grown plants.
Literally speaking, Aquaponics is putting fish to work. It just so happens that the work those fish do (eating and producing waste), is the perfect fertilizer for growing plants. Fish can grow a lot of plants when they get to work!
One of the coolest things about Aquaponics is that it mimics a natural ecosyhttps://stem. Aquaponics represents the relationship between water, aquatic life, bacteria, nutrient dynamics, and plants which grow together in waterways all over the world. Taking cues from nature, aquaponics harnesses the power of bio-integrating these individual components: Exchanging the waste by-product from the fish as a food for the bacteria, to be converted into a perfect fertilizer for the plants, to return the water in a clean and safe form to the fish. Just like mother nature does in every aquatic ecosyhttps://stem.