SMART
Eating
Aquaponics
This is not going to be a fun and easy subject for most of
you to handle but it must be discussed. When we look at
the health of our communities many of us have been programmed to by our food from the grocery store, I know it
easy, quick and there are lot of variety, bright colors, designer packaging, great pictures
all designed to entice and trigger
that connection in our minds to
tickle our stomachs.
When you do the research,
when you look at the news, look
at the long term effects of how
all these wonderful packaging
techniques use to trick you is
doing to your beautiful body
Anything mass produced for
consumers you have to realize
that there might be something
not very healthy for you. There fore I offer this for
your health tip for this issue. I believe fully in the saying don’t give a man a fish a day but teach a man how
to fish. So let us talk about AQUAPONICS!
Once you learn about this and apply it to your life you
will not only be saving money in your household, but
you will have a tool that can be used in your family
for children chores and family bonding, as you teach
them how to be healthy as well as saving money. And
for some who are smart can even start a business with
this knowledge and help feed your communities with
healthy GMO free produce.
Aquaponics is a hybrid of two disciplines – hydroponics,
or growing plants without the use of soil; and aquaculture, or fish farming. Aquaponics brings the two together,
solving common problems with each type of system.
The wonderful thing about Aquaponics is that almost
anyone can participate and get to grow some clean,
healthy vegetables and fish. Some of the plants you can
find growing in the Aquaponics gardens are basil, strawberries, chives, mustard greens, and many more.
Very small desk and bench top type systems, back garden
systems are most often built by the householder themselves as a DIY project. There are literally thousands of
websites that can show you how to set up a small workable open-source aquaponics system for free.
Here is one website to go to as you make plans to either
build your own aquaponics system or just to learn more.
In Chicago our City College Chicago State has free. For
tour requests or more information, please email epratt@
csu.edu, amaselli@csu.edu, or call 773-437-3952
The fish
There are many kinds of fish t