US (CA): Adventure in aquaponics
Lester is studying which strain of basil grows the fastest using this aquaponics facility, he completed his second trial on Friday. The strains grown in the study are dark opal, holy, Italian large leaf, lemon, lime, spicy globe, sweet Genovese, and Thai.
A study he might not have been able to do without the help of Coast Seafoods, Hog Island Oyster Co., and Taylor Shellfish. According to assistant professor of Fisheries Biology Rafael Cuevas Uribe, past donations from Ameritas faculty ran out this past summer.
“The donation we received from these local businesses will help run the facility for about a year,” Cuevas Uribe said.
Since HSU started leasing this facility, which belongs to the Humboldt Bay Harbor District, around two years ago Cuevas Uribe and the student volunteers have grown pak choi, lettuce, cilantro, chard, spinach, arugula, kale, and cabbage.
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