Agworks, a state-of-the-art learning aquaponics lab, is located right across the street from the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex. The facility was officially opened by CCA in December and is the largest public educational aquaponics facility in the country. Funded through a federal grant, the facility lets cyber charter school students gain hands-on experience in agriculture, environmental science and trades.
Students involved with the aquaponics facility do everything from feeding the fish, tilapia to be exact, to planting and harvesting plants such as romaine lettuce and several varieties of kale. The produce and fish raised by the students are donated to feed the local community, and some is even being sold to local restaurants and retailers.