Rory Gresham is a successful hydroponic farmer providing REAL food for 14 schools in Richland Parish (county). Smart in business, operating with passion and integrity, involved in his community, and always learning and investing back in his process to grow food and careers for youth. This is also a rare event of intergenerational controlled environment agriculture. Lots of photos on our Facebook page as well as a couple of recipe references. Softball, Meta data centers, rural Louisiana, food trucks, prison training success, and more...

Listen to a story of a quality person making an impact.

Aquaponic updates: The 2026 Conference at Kentucky State! October 24-27th. It's gonna be awesome! Ken's recipe for starting a biofilter in your aquaponic or recirculating aquaculture system.

An honest look at farm size, commodity farms or human food farms.

Victory Gardens were a giant phenomenon and changed American culture and the provision for local food. Twenty million gardens established and 45% of fruits and vegetables were produced in home and community gardens.

Also referencing the prophet Wendell Berry on American agriculture, and Farmers of Forty Centuries. A wild trip to research farming in Asia in 1907.

Sam Fleming of 100 Gardens in North Carolina discusses development of curriculum for work credentials and the bigger holistic effect of aquaponics in education. Work ethic, self care, responsibility, a perspective on belonging, and character development. Also, affecting the nutrition and eating habits of an entire generation by creating healthy habits for children, in and through school programs, that will positively affect their diet for life.