US (PA): Learning where food comes from with aquaponics
In their densely populated Delaware County suburb, where fast food is the cash crop that sprouts from long-ago farms, the answer is not immediately obvious. But what might befuddle some modern youth served to inspire Speer and Fisher.
Last fall, they embarked on a splashy project to teach students about food production and sustainability.
Today, 1,500 tilapia teeming in tanks and large plastic tubs - from small fry barely bigger than a dot to catch-of-the-day-sized adults - have taken over two classrooms at Interboro. Oregano, tomatoes, hot peppers, and greens grow from gravel-filled container lids.
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