40: Island Aquaponics: Using Coconut Husks as a Medium w/ Damian Hinkson of Baird’s Village Aquaponics Association
Visionary Aquaponics with Maribou Latour
Release Date: 09/19/2015
56: Natural Pest Sprays and Dual Root Zone Aquaponics with Reid Larson of PolyGuarden
Visionary Aquaponics with Maribou Latour
Today's guest is Reid Larson, founder and chief science officer of , a company offering full-spectrum protection for both residential and commercial aquaponics with the mission of global implementation of aquaponics. ...
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55: From Becoming Food Aware to Commercial Aquaponics with Steve Carrell of Ponderosa Aqua Farm in Indiana
Visionary Aquaponics with Maribou Latour
In this episode, Steve Carrell, co-owner of Ponderosa Aqua Farm shares with us highly valuable information on setting up a commercial aquaponics system. Steve owns a construction company while his wife, Missy, is a long-time gardener. A dynamic duo, together they formed the based in Spencer, Indiana. It was at that time when they started to question what's in their own food that sprung out their decision of living off of only what they ate. Transitioning from an in-home basement system to a commercial system, they went to Florida to attend the course at Green Acre Aquaponics. ...
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54: Bringing Aquaponics to the Classroom with Michael Kosko of Al Raby School for Community and Environment
Visionary Aquaponics with Maribou Latour
Today’s episode features an inspiring guest, Michael Kosko, a Science teacher at Al Raby School for Community and Environment in Chicago, Illinois. I got him on the show after being inspired by the article he was featured on, . ...
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53: Bringing Aquaponics to New Zealand Schools~ Diana Fitzsimmons & Amanda Jones from Wairakei Primary School, New Zealand
Visionary Aquaponics with Maribou Latour
This is a fun episode as we chat with Diana Fitzsimmons and Amanda Jones from Wairakei Primary School in New Zealand, along with two of their students, Myles and Rose. Listen in as they talk about how they got into doing aquaponics, dealing with fish death, experimenting systems, getting ideas from Murray Hallam, and building an in-line system composed of media beds and clay beds. ...
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52: A Smokeless Burn-Creating Biochar with TLUD Stoves w/ Spencer Curry of FRESH Farm Aquaponics
Visionary Aquaponics with Maribou Latour
This episode couldn't get any hotter as we welcome back Spencer Curry of FRESH Farm Aquaponics on the show. Listen in as he discusses TLUD stoves and all about the smokeless, double burn which is simply genius! ...
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51: Fostering a Sustainable Food & Aquaponics Movement in Egypt w/ Faris Farrag of Bustan Aquaponics
Visionary Aquaponics with Maribou Latour
In today's episode, we welcome Faris Farrag of who is stirring up an aquaponics movement in Egypt. A former banker turned aquapreneur, Faris is pioneering a movement in aquaponics while hoping to see a rising movement in the rest of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. His interest in aquaculture and food has led him to enroll at Dr. James Rakocy's course in the University of the Virgin Islands which further inspired him to stay in Egypt and break ground on the farm that he currently has today. ...
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50: Urban Aquaponics in Brooklyn, NY, with Yemi Amu of Oko Farms
Visionary Aquaponics with Maribou Latour
Celebrating Episode 50!!! Creating a flourishing green space amidst busy Brooklyn, New York is just what Yemi Amu, co-founder of Oko Farms has successfully created. Established in 2012, Oko Farms is a commercial aquaponics and educational company. Its current biggest project is called the Moore Street Farm in Bushwick, a 2,500 sq.ft. farm where they raise a variety of fish such as channel catfish, tilapia, and goldfish as well as herbs like basil, shiso, mint, cilantro, and more and where they sell mostly to neighborhood restaurants. Education-wise, they have built solid partnerships with the...
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49: How Vertical Farming & Live Sales Can Transform the World of Food Distribution & Reduce Waste w/ Dr. Nate Storey from Bright Agrotech
Visionary Aquaponics with Maribou Latour
This is Part 2 of the interview with Dr. Nate Storey of , makers of the ZipGrow Towers. In this episode, Nate talks about the big impediments to newbie vertical farmers and why Upstart Farmers was conceived. He also talks about the UpStart University, a learning-based community that offers video courses to self-driven students as well as the Jumpstart Farmers Program, which offers entry-level mentorship. Nate briefly discusses the different courses they offer at the UpStart University including organic certification, lighting courses, business planning, and marketing. ...
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48: Food Sovereignty, Social Entrepreneurship, & Building a Growasis Permaculture Farm with Adam Brock of GrowHaus
Visionary Aquaponics with Maribou Latour
Adam Brock is the co-founder of GrowHaus, a unique nonprofit based in Denver, Colorado. GrowHaus is a half-acre space encompassing different aspects of the food system under one roof including food production, food distribution, and food education, with a focus on revitalizing their local community through rebuilding food sovereignty. ...
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47: More on Science-based Systems & Commercial Aquaponics with Rebecca Nelson of Nelson and Pade
Visionary Aquaponics with Maribou Latour
This is part 2 of the interview with Rebecca Nelson, co-founder of based in Wisconsin. ...
info_outlineGrowing in coconut husks: Damian Hinkson is the co-founder of Baird's Village Aquaponics Association in Barbados. Check out this episode and learn how Damian scaled his aquaponics system from a thousand gallons to 10,000 gallons in an effort to promote aquaponic food production to the community. Damian shares about doing aquaponics with very limited resources on an island, use of coconut husks as a medium for plant roots, and some challenges that he had to overcome. He also talks about seeding and how he basically set up the system in a way that prevents him from constantly flooding the system.
In this episode, you will learn more about the 3 categories of people doing aquaponics, circular tanks and sump tanks, drying time for beds, compost teas, molasses, venturis and low-density systems, wicking beds, water lettuce for filtration and more!
Check out the interesting things Damian is doing with no water testing and no aeration yet he still has managed to successfully run a commercial aquaponics system with low operating cost. Plus, know more about Damian's up-coming project to turning his 10,000-gallon system into a 30,000-gallon system!