A Community and Forum For Aquaponic Gardeners

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March 2015

Organic Certification for Aquaponics Thought I'd share something I found. Turns out Oregon Tilth, an Organic certification agency, is fully on board with aquaponics. Here's a webinar they put out talking about what they expect. https:/… Discussion Organic Certification for Aquaponics 1 Like California Homemade Food Act, AB 1616, SIGNE… As part of a growing movement to localize food systems and stimulate small-scale food production, SELC proposed that the State of California allow for the sale of certain homemade food products, name… Discussion California Homemade Food Act, AB 1616, SIGNE… 1 Like WANTED: your input on proposed regulation o… As you know, aquaponics has all sorts of potential to benefit society and our environment. At the same time, the practice of aquaponics has the potential to contribute to the risk of fish disease an… Discussion WANTED: your input on proposed regulation o… 1 Like WANTED: quick input on draft City of Sac AP… Dear Sac aquaponics community, As you may know, local urban farmers and supporters are pushing for an Urban Agriculture Ordinance for the City of Sac as well as for the County of Sac. The City has m… Discussion WANTED: quick input on draft City of Sac AP… 1 Like Sac AP folks: please support Urban Ag this… Hi all - I've been working with a bunch of groups under the umbrella of the Sac Urban Ag Coalition to pass Urban Ag ordinances in both the City and County of Sac. A UAO would revise zoning codes, as… Discussion Sac AP folks: please support Urban Ag this… 1 Like RSVP: would you come to a local event on fo… I had the pleasure and honor of a visit from Trevor V. Suslow, Ph.D., Extension Research Specialist, Preharvest to Postharvest Produce Safety, UC Davis this weekend. He writes: "I have been asked to… Discussion RSVP: would you come to a local event on fo… 1 Like Automatic top-up New Addition: Auto top-up to the sump tank. This has been in place now for 3 days, and I finally got it tuned to the way I like it. I no longer have to worry about topping up the system manually,… Discussion Automatic top-up 1 Like Anyone used potassium bicarbonate before? I have been looking for a safe chemical to lift my alkalinity above rain water levels (need too much lime for this). I have narrowed the list down to sodium and potassium bicarbonate. I do not need… Discussion Anyone used potassium bicarbonate before? 1 Like Sacramento Aquaponics