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.

We have had a great year! Over 1,300 listens, lost of quality interviews, and a few bad jokes. We will be sharing some of your emails. In the spirit of growth and the consolidation of ideas around agriculture and aquaponics, I am sharing a list of ...well a list of some stuff, about what I think we should work towards to make a better food system, and how aquaponics fits in. Happy New Year!

Your Host,

Ken

Dr. Paul Brown joins us from Purdue. He is active in research and still investigating the possibilities. Aquaponics system benefits are not exaggerated! Sustainability analysis using "Life Cycle Assessment". Consumer perception and mixed up demand for "Wild verses Farmed Fish". Black Soldier Flies and algae for fish feed.

What the Farm is going on with American commodity agriculture? How did nitrogen fertilizer production develop? What are "farmers" producing? Is it actually profitable, and effective? Is agribusiness the same as farming?

Farming is lumped together in the news and used to describe commodity farming, mostly. This leaves direct consumption food- fruits and vegetables- without much of a voice.

How does this shape our food system....we are about to farm around and find out!

Dr. John Hargreaves has a long journey of sustainability and aquaculture with a beginning in aquaponics. He is a worldwide aquaculture consultant and has served as the editor of the World Aquaculture Magazine. While hopeful and fair, he has reservations about the viability of aquaponics as well as the viability of aquaculture in the United States. He also discusses his efforts to develop organic guidelines for aquaculture.

Dr. John Hargreaves has a long journey of sustainability and aquaculture with a beginning in aquaponics. He is a worldwide aquaculture consultant and has served as the editor of the World Aquaculture Magazine. While hopeful and fair, he has reservations about the viability of aquaponics as well as the viability of aquaculture in the United States.