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How to teach about aquaponics, learn about hydroponics

August 24 2018August 24, 2018

If you’re an educator, and you’re interested in a hands-on way to teach your students about science and producing food, consider attending “Aquaponics in the Classroom: Teaching Real-World Skills Through Conservation,” a session at next month’s CFAES-sponsored Farm Science Review trade show. The session runs from 11-11:30 a.m. on the second day of the Review, Wednesday, Sept. 19, in the Gwynne Conservation Area. The session is free with paid admission to the Review.

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Hooked on aquaponics

February 28 2017

Matthew Smith, aquaculture specialist with CFAES’s outreach arm, OSU Extension, is one of the scheduled speakers at the Ohio Aquaculture Association’s March 10 Aquaponics Workshop in Columbus. (Image: Rainbow trout, iStock.)

Just add fish; or, lettuce use our water well

June 29 2015

CFAES’s OSU South Centers are holding an Aquaponics Workshop July 10-11 in Piketon. Aquaponic food-production systems combine aquaculture (raising fish) with hydroponics (growing plants in water, like the hydroponic lettuce shown here). (Photo: iStock.)