www.sare.org resources best-practices-for-the-sustainable-urban-farm Best Practices for the Sustainable Urban Farm Abu Talib is the director of the Taqwa Community Farm, which he helped establish on a vacant lot in his Bronx neighborhood in 1992. Photo by Preston Keres, USDA For...
www.sare.org resources smart-water-use-on-your-farm-or-ranch Smart Water Use on Your Farm or Ranch As producers throughout the nation grow increasingly concerned about water scarcity, farmers, ranchers and agricultural educators are beginning to explore new, conservation-oriented approaches to water use. They are managing soil...
www.sare.org resources is-fish-waste-compost-worth-the-mess-and-effort Is Fish Waste Compost Worth the Mess and Effort? Dale Snyder with Sweetgrass Garden Co-op in South Carolina discusses the results of using fish waste compost on vegetables. Based on the data from the one-year Southern SARE-funded study, fish...
www.sare.org resources polyculture-and-reservoir-ranching Polyculture and Reservoir Ranching Aquaculture is the farming and caring of aquatic organisms including fish, mollusks, crustaceans and aquatic plants under individual or corporate ownership. Aquaculture has been almost entirely responsible for the expansion...
northcentral.sare.org resources aquaculture-and-yellow-perch Finding Success with Yellow Perch in an Aquaculture System Between 2008 and 2020, Bill West of Blue Iris Fish Farm in Black Creek, Wisconsin, worked on six related SARE grants involving aquaculture and yellow perch. A new report written...
northeast.sare.org resources minimizing-the-risks-of-vibrio-bacteria-in-farm-raised-oysters-grown-in-intertidal-elements-of-the-delaware-bay Minimizing the risks of Vibrio bacteria in farm-raised oysters grown in intertidal elements of the Delaware Bay New Jersey’s oyster farms are concentrated on the extensive intertidal sand flats of the lower Delaware Bay where they are exposed twice daily during low tide. The project manager conducted a...
southern.sare.org resources making-fish-waste-compost Making Fish Waste Compost Dale Snyder, co-owner of Sweetgrass Garden Co-op on Johns Island, S.C., discusses the process used to make fish waste compost. The co-op conducted a Southern SARE-funded study over the summer...
southern.sare.org resources economic-analysis-of-commercial-aquaponic-production-systems Economic Analysis of Commercial Aquaponic Production Systems Aquaponics has been defined as the combined culture of fish and plants in recirculating systems. Some of the benefits of commercial aquaponics production systems compared to typical agricultural production include...