All Discussions Tagged 'International' - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T07:09:04Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=International&feed=yes&xn_auth=noFree Webinar on Raising/Wild Harvesting Duckweed for Tilapia Farmingtag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2015-04-04:4778851:Topic:6023342015-04-04T14:03:28.986ZTamra Fakhoorianhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TamraFakhoorian
<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">Love saving money on feed costs and raising healthier fish and poultry? We do too and that is why we LOVE duckweed.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">If you’ve ever wondered the following:</font></div>
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<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">- What’s all the fuss about duckweed anyway?</font></div>
<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">- How to wild harvest duckweed for feeding to chickens or…</font></div>
<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">Love saving money on feed costs and raising healthier fish and poultry? We do too and that is why we LOVE duckweed.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">If you’ve ever wondered the following:</font></div>
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<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">- What’s all the fuss about duckweed anyway?</font></div>
<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">- How to wild harvest duckweed for feeding to chickens or tilapia</font></div>
<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">- How to raise tilapia and duckweed in a win/win integrated system</font></div>
<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">- How to raise duckweed in a small pond using animal waste</font></div>
<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">- How much duckweed should be fed to fish or poultry?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">We’ve assembled a panel of hands-on experts to describe the “How To’s” and answer your questions.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">Meet David Beebe of Cherry Ridge Organic Farm,</font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">Middlebrook, VA.</font> <font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">David raises tilapia and uses</font></div>
<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">duckweed to “mine” the resulting waste</font> <font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">nutrients</font><span style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif';">from his fish tanks. He then returns those nutrients</span></div>
<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">back as</font> <font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">fresh feed for his tilapia, reducing his feed </font><span style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif';">costs by a large percentage.</span></div>
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<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">Meet Ken Carman, naturalist and </font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">manager of</font> <font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">Roxbury Park, Meggett, SC. </font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">Ken has wild-harvested</font> <font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">hundreds of tons </font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">of free duckweed for feeding to</font> <font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">chickens a</font><span style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif';">nd as mulch for his park. He’ll talk about</span></div>
<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">his methods for duckweed harvesting and </font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">how</font> <font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">his poultry have responded since a</font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">dding fresh duckweed to their diets.</font> </div>
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<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">Meet Dr. Louis Landesman, “Mr. Duckweed” </font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">who is</font> <font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">known around the world for his expertise </font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">on integrated</font> <font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">farming systems that include </font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">duckweed. He will explain</font> <font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">how to design your </font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">own integrated system that reuses</font> <font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">nutrients </font><span style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif';">and water over and over with the engine power o</span><span style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif';">f the sun.</span></div>
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<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">It’s going to be an information-packed hour! Have questions for the panel to incorporate into their presentations? <a href="http://tamraf9@gmail.com" target="_blank">Email them</a> </font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">ahead of time. There will be a</font></div>
<div><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">dedicated <a href="mailto:Q@A">Q</a> @ A session during the webinar as well.</font></div>
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<div class="subject" align="left"><strong><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">ILA Webinar: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 Noon Eastern (New York time zone) </font></strong></div>
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<div>Note: This meeting will be recorded. Participation limited to the first 20 responders. RSVP to meeting host, <a>Tamra Fakhoorian</a> tamraf9@gmail.com</div>
<div>This webinar is courtesy: <a href="http://www.InternationalLemnaAssociation.org">www.InternationalLemnaAssociation.org</a> <br/><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif"> </font></div>
<p><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">Best regards,</font></p>
<p><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">Tamra Fakhoorian</font></p>
<p><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif">ILA Executive Director</font></p>