What is aquaponics?
Lettuce Farm pioneered commercial vertical farming in Scappoose. Our indoor aquaponic growing system creates local produce and local jobs in a sustainable farming environment. We use 10% of the water traditional farms use, we use no harsh herbicides nor pesticides, but we do use natural remedies to remove pests. We grow 10 months out of the year. We do not have to deliver more than few a miles: as local as one can get and you get a living product: can't get fresher than that. Did you know that on average lettuce has to travel more than 1200 miles to get to your table?
“Hydroponics” is simply growing plants without soil using a mineral rich water solution. After the development of greenhouses, farmers were looking for alternatives to manure, which was the major fertilizer. W.F. Gericke, from University of California, coined the name “hydroponics” (from Greek hydros, water and ponos, labor) in 1936. Today, farmers use hydroponics to grow popular plants like green lettuce, peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, beans and peas.
Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture (growing fish) and hydroponics (growing plants with nutrient rich water) in the same water system. This creates a symbiotic relationship between the plants and the fish. Aquaponic systems recirculate the water from the fish to the plants then back again. The fish provide nutrients for the plants, and the plants clean the water for the fish.
Lettuce Farm pioneered commercial vertical farming in Scappoose. Our indoor aquaponic growing system creates local produce and local jobs in a sustainable farming environment. We use 10% of the water traditional farms use, we use no harsh herbicides nor pesticides, but we do use natural remedies to remove pests. We grow 10 months out of the year. We do not have to deliver more than few a miles: as local as one can get and you get a living product: can't get fresher than that. Did you know that on average lettuce has to travel more than 1200 miles to get to your table?
“Hydroponics” is simply growing plants without soil using a mineral rich water solution. After the development of greenhouses, farmers were looking for alternatives to manure, which was the major fertilizer. W.F. Gericke, from University of California, coined the name “hydroponics” (from Greek hydros, water and ponos, labor) in 1936. Today, farmers use hydroponics to grow popular plants like green lettuce, peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, beans and peas.
Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture (growing fish) and hydroponics (growing plants with nutrient rich water) in the same water system. This creates a symbiotic relationship between the plants and the fish. Aquaponic systems recirculate the water from the fish to the plants then back again. The fish provide nutrients for the plants, and the plants clean the water for the fish.
