Fish & veggies

Hamm's Brewery of St. Paul was vacant a long time but is being given new life as an aquaponics fish farm.  In Chicago, one of these fish farms is located in an old meat plant which has a construction excellent for aquaponics.   

Garden Fresh Farms of Maple Grove MN is producing 1,000 heads of lettuce per day without soil.  Owner Dave Roeser says, 

"We pioneered growing produce in a dense and efficiency[sic] manner. Our growing systems use land 100 times more efficiently than traditional farming. This allows for indoor growing year round with less water, energy efficiencies, reduced waste and low transportation costs."

Aquaponics is not just growing plants in water (hydroponics), but growing them in water fertilized by living fish - a system that works like nature to use waste from one crop to feed the other crop.

 Unusable buildings now used, water used but not polluted or wasted, fish raised without picking up outside diseases:  what a great industry.  

That's creating wealth - taking whatever resources you have, applying your work and imagination, to make things people need and freely choose to purchase.