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  • From: jamesdavid Sneed <harvestcircle@hotmail.com>
  • To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] aquaponics in Ukiah
  • Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 14:16:14 -0700


Besides the obvious consumption of energy for pumps and such, I wonder what
the fish are being fed. My experience around hatcheries is that in some
cases, the leading commercial foods have contained substances we wouldn't
want in our food chain. Anybody know what the ukiah fish farm is using for
this?

> Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 10:43:44 -0700
> From: raincascadia@yahoo.com
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> Subject: [permaculture] aquaponics in Ukiah
>
> Here is an interesting example of an aquaponics design being done in Ukiah
> (thanks to Bill Baker for telling me about this). The claim of being 100%
> sustainable seems a little dubious, given the embedded energy of the
> greenhouse materials, but if it works it will be an interesting way to grow
> fish and vegetables in colder climates.
>
> http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/ukiahnews/ci_15123045
>
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