Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Cultivation of plants and fish in an integrated system in which wastewater from fish tanks is used to provide the nutrients for hydroponically grown plants, and the nutrient-free water produced by the plants is circulated back to the fish tanks.
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- noun A
sustainable food production system that combines traditionalaquaculture withhydroponics , witheffluent from the water being used asnutrition for the plants.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This hybrid system (known as aquaponics) circulates water from the fish tank into the watercress tray, where watercress and pebbles clean out nitrogen and other waste from the fish.
Memphis Flyer Hannah Sayle 2010
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It's all part of a home experiment he is conducting in a form of year-round, sustainable agriculture called aquaponics - a neologism that combines hydroponics (or water-based planting) and aquaculture (fish cultivation) - which has recently attracted a zealous following of kitchen gardeners, futurists, tinkerers and practical environmentalists.
NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL TORTORELLO 2010
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Sarah Christman of Growing Power will run the nonprofit group's "market stand," where she will answer questions about aquaponics, which is the symbiotic cultivation of plants and aquatic animals in a recirculating environment, and vermiculture, the science of composting using different species of worms.
JSOnline.com 2009
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New technologies are being developed in agriculture — such as aquaponics — and in other fields that can be brought together to colonize the ocean.
The Gyre: A Floating Underwater Eco-Skyscraper | Inhabitat 2010
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Why not fund a program to convert all those renegade hydroponics experts to "aquaponics," the brilliant marriage of fish farming and greens growing perfected by MacArthur genius Will Allen at Milwaukee's Growing Power?
Kerry Trueman: The Bitter Taste of "Lemon Socialism": Let Them Eat Crap 2009
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In some areas, "aquaponics" has already become a catchphrase.
Colorado Springs Independent J. Adrian Stanley 2010
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In some areas, "aquaponics" has already become a catchphrase.
Colorado Springs Independent J. Adrian Stanley 2010
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If you search online there are plenty of kits available for those who want a ready-made option, but -- as Torcellini told me -- most backyard aquaponics farmers are very DIY.
Kirsten Dirksen: Farm Fish in Your Backyard: DIY Aquaponic System Uses Fish Poo to Fertilize Vegetables (VIDEO) Kirsten Dirksen 2011
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Since the plants don't need dirt, aquaponics allows gardeners to produce more food in less space.
Kirsten Dirksen: Farm Fish in Your Backyard: DIY Aquaponic System Uses Fish Poo to Fertilize Vegetables (VIDEO) Kirsten Dirksen 2011
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Aquaponics is being done on a more massive scale by some small commercial farmers, but the majority of aquaponics farmers are home hobbyists.
Kirsten Dirksen: Farm Fish in Your Backyard: DIY Aquaponic System Uses Fish Poo to Fertilize Vegetables (VIDEO) Kirsten Dirksen 2011
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