Fish, foliage, & food security: Utlizing an aquaponic growing system to produce rainbow trout and romaine lettuce year-round
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2025
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Alexander, Joshua
Gillespie, Caroline
Malone, Marlon
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In this applied research project, we worked with the Nanaimo Association for Community Living (NACL) to design a production greenhouse for their newly acquired farm. The NACL is a non-profit organization that empowers and supports individuals with diverse abilities in the Nanaimo region through a variety of programs and services. The NACL’s goal in constructing a greenhouse is to produce as much food as possible on their property to support the health and wellbeing of their members. With food security in mind, we proposed a greenhouse with a production system that simultaneously grows romaine lettuce and raises rainbow trout: aquaponics!
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