Aquaponics Digest - Thu 06/01/00
Message 1: Call for NC SARE Grant Proposals, was Re: SARE Grant
from S & S Aqua Farm
Message 2: EC info needed
from Bertmcl
Message 3: Re : EC info needed
from laberge@cil.qc.ca (LABERGE MARC)
Message 4: Effluent waste filter
from "H. Allen Sylvester"
Message 5: greenhouse warming
from "timjohanns"
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Subject: Call for NC SARE Grant Proposals, was Re: SARE Grant
From: S & S Aqua Farm
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 06:16:30 -0500
At 09:18 AM 05/31/2000 -0500, Robert Jones wrote:
>What is the address or contact person for a SARE grant?
Sorry - trying to catch back up to the rest of you -- I received this notice
regarding NC SARE grants. I believe you can access the other regional SARE's
through http://www.sare.org
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ANNOUNCEMENT
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NORTH CENTRAL SARE CALLS FOR INNOVATIVE AGRICULTURAL GRANT PROPOSALS
For application materials:
North Central Region SARE
402-472-7081
ncrsare@unl.edu
www.sare.org/ncrsare
For more information:
Lisa Bauer, Communications Specialist
402-472-0265
lbauer2@unl.edu
Lincoln, NE -- The USDA's North Central Region (NCR) Sustainable Agriculture
Research and Education (SARE) program is calling for collaborative teams of
researchers, educators, farmers and others to apply for competitive grants to
study or educate others about environmentally benign agricultural systems that
are profitable and supportive of local communities.
Approximately $1.3 million will be available in 2001 to fund creative projects
addressing long-term enhancement of food and fiber systems in the 12-state
region.
"As farmers feel the crunch of low prices and limited markets, sustainable
agricultural systems offer answers," said Ben Bartlett, NCR SARE Administrative
Council chair from Michigan State University.
Details of this annual Research and Education initiative will be outlined in a
July 14 Call for Preproposals, emphasizing potential impact and outcomes of 2001
projects.
The NCR SARE program also encourages preproposals that include holistic
approaches, involvement of interdisciplinary teams, meaningful participation of
farmers and ranchers, significant outreach, and an eye for measurable results.
Application materials are available July 14, 2000, by contacting the NCR SARE
office at 402-472-7081, 402-472-0280 (fax), or ncrsare@unl.edu. The Call for
Preproposals can be found at www.sare.org/ncrsare on July 14. Preproposals are
due on September 8, 2000. The Administrative Council will invite project
coordinators to develop preproposals into full proposals in December 2000;
selected full proposals will be recommended for funding in May 2001, and funds
will be available in the fall of 2001 to begin project work.
Applicants must reside in the North Central Region: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South
Dakota, and Wisconsin.
The Research and Education Grant Program was first funded by Congress in 1988;
more than 250 research and education grants have been awarded in the North
Central region since then, worth more than $14 million. See www.sare.org to
search the national SARE database of funded projects from across the country.
The national SARE program began with the 1985 Farm Bill. Congress appropriated
initial funds in 1988 for grants in sustainable agriculture research, education
and demonstration. Funding goes to producers, scientists, educators and public
and private institutions and organizations in three grant programs. The North
Central Region, managed by a diverse Administrative Council, is one of four
regions in the SARE Program.
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Lisa Bauer
Communications Specialist
North Central Region SARE
University of Nebraska
13A Activities Bldg.
P.O. Box 830840
Lincoln, NE 68583-0840
402-472-0265
402-472-0280 (fax)
lbauer2@unl.edu
www.sare.org/ncrsare
S&S Aqua Farm, http://www.townsqr.com/snsaqua/
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Subject: EC info needed
From: Bertmcl
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 10:25:47 EDT
Hello again many friends, Does anyone monitor the water EC in Aquaponic
system, if so please furnish me with your numbers. Hopefully I will be able
to return the favor very soon.
Many thanks,
Bert McLaughlin
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Subject: Re : EC info needed
From: laberge@cil.qc.ca (LABERGE MARC)
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 13:11:10 -0400
Hi Bert , I monitor my water very closely or at least I did until I ran out
of some solutions. I have no sludge removal in my small aquaponic lab and
the EC in ppm is at 450 and has not yet reached a plateau. I used to measure
EC in microsimens or something like that and the value would be double that
of the ppm.
Marc Laberge
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Subject: Effluent waste filter
From: "H. Allen Sylvester"
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 22:07:17 -0500
The Spring 2000 (vol. 63 #2) issue of MAFES Research Highlights
(Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station) has an
article on page 20 about using kenaf to lessen the odor of hog
production facility waste water.
It sounds like it might be equally applicable to aquaculture and
maybe aquaponics.
In the test system, whole kenaf (a fiber plant related to cotton and
okra) plants are chopped up and used as a filter. Biological "slimes"
accumulate in the filters, are removed when full (not defined), and
treated in a composting facility. The waste water trickles through the
filter and a bio-reactor seven times a day during a 7-day test cycle.
A trained "odor panel determined that the kenaf filters dramatically
reduced odor from the waste water." "Early data indicates that
Burcham's filter system reduces nutrients in the wastewater, which
decreases its value as a fertilizer."
MAFES agricultural engineer Tim Burcham is conducting the research.
For more info check:
http://www.mafes.msstate.edu/highlights
Allen Sylvester
Baton Rouge, LA
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Subject: greenhouse warming
From: "timjohanns"
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 23:34:54 -0700
I can't utilize barrels as legs for the biobeds, as I intend to use this
space for 4 x 8' x 1' grow-out tanks for my Red Claws, the females are all
berried now, and these will be breeders in a year, my contracts are not set
in stone and I have back-ups. The lobster don't care if they have excessive
light, they just need gravel and onion sacks to hide in, I'm primarily
interested in diversifying my palate, as well as, my market offerings in the
event the commercial venture is feasible. I do have a wood fired boiler and
intend to use this in the future.
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