Aquaponics In America

Aquaponics in America could feed the world. The reason I'm researching aquaponics is that I am interested in providing food to the world. I don't believe anyone should go to bed hungry especially children. With the poor diet of today's culture, many adults and children are suffering from metabolic syndrome or prediabetes. This is the first time in recorded history that a population is dying from over eating. The environmental factors of our industrial culture, our traditional agriculture practices of mass production, and manufacturing has created a crisis.
Aquaponics is a food production system that could address the challenges we face in our world today such as child hunger and poor diets (which can result in obesity). It is time for us as Americans to stand up. …show more content…
Let's start with the basics of what aquaponics is. Aquaponics is a practice of gardening that includes fish. The fish live in a fish tank. They eat, poop and pee in the water. The water waste is pumped to a grow bed with plants. The soil is stone or similar material know as media. The media filters and oxygenates the water. The cleaned water returns to the fish. Now, this part is vital, in the media, lives bacteria that process the fish waste (ammonia) and turns it into plant food (nitrogen and nitrite). The technical terms for this process is called a recirculating, closed loop, symbiotic system that creates a sustainable relationship that provides produce and harvestable fish. This symbiotic relationship in a close loop system, uses less space, creates less waste and use of resources compared traditional agriculture, hydroponics and fish