US (MN): New Ulm High School gets hydroponic & aquaponic facility
The greenhouse at the high school contains the two types of systems that use water and fish to grow crops. The school has partnered with community groups like the Farm City Hub Club to raise money for the sustainable farming practices.
The fish will stay in a 100-gallon barrel that should be able to sustain around 50 full-grown tallapia, agriculture teacher Jeff Nelson said.
“I think most of the work is getting them set up, because once it is up and going, there is very little you actually have to do,” agriculture teacher Kelsey Brandt said.
Brandt and Nelson hope to have the systems up and running two weeks to a month from now.
They have yet to decide what to do with the fully grown fish and produce that the systems will be producing.
“We have kind of kicked around some ideas on where to take our product after we raise it,” Nelson, also an FFA advisor, said. “I think a lot of the fish will probably be consumed here with students and faculty.”
Other options discussed include selling at the food co-op, donating to the food shelf or selling it as a fundraiser, Nelson said.
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