MEMPHIS, Tenn. — There’s new life blooming in an old South Memphis warehouse, and there’s something fishy about this operation. It’s called aquaponics, and some call the new gold rush when it comes to ...

Aquaponics operations combine aquaculture and hydroponics, with nutrient-rich water from the former being used to fertilize plants in the latter. Soon, such systems could also be powered by methane ...

POWAY, Calif. (CBS 8) -- Growing vegetables in a home garden can be a rewarding and healthy hobby. It also takes a lot of water. But there might be a better way. Aquaponics is a type of garden that is ...

Jordan Karambelas reaches for fish in the two-tiered aquaponics system she made from redwood in the courtyard at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach. Fish-poop-enriched water is pumped to the ...

Learn how fish wastewater can be used as fertilizer. Aquaponics is a mashup of hydroponics and aquaculture. It is the practice of using fish wastewater as fertilizer for plants, whose roots filter the ...

As fish do, Bill Carlson's tilapia poop a lot. So do his catfish, goldfish and bluegill. For Carlson, this is a great thing. It means he's spoiled, regularly, with some of the freshest salads around, ...

Experts studying the aquaponics industry have a great gut feeling about reusing fish waste to create biogas (biologically derived gas), which can then help to power the sustainable food-growing ...

Greg Fripp, with a tilapia fish, has brought his aquaponics system to students at King Science and Technology Magnet Center. Students check the ph levels in the fish tank and make adjustments. What if ...

Editor’s Note: The following story was produced for Youth Takeover week at KQED. Most farms grow food with soil and water. But at Ouroboros Farm in Half Moon Bay, Ken Armstrong grows food with water ...

As he tossed freeze-dried crickets into a pool of eager blue gill, Andrew Mueth explained this was how he and his five brothers could farm together and preserve the 160-year-old Illinois family farm ...

Host Nan Sterman presents Season 5 of A GROWING PASSION, a television show that celebrates all the ways that San Diego “grows,” from farms and nurseries to backyards and schoolyards, to native ...

If your yard is tiny, or even just a balcony, Jordan Karambelas has a suggestion for growing food organically: a good-looking aquaponics system that uses recycled water enriched by fish poop to ...