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January 03, 2014

Aquaponics brings fish-fuelled vegetables to Toronto

When Jill Chen wants fish for dinner, she walks down to her basement aquarium. Net in hand, she approaches a 100-gallon tank — about the size of a coffee table — filled with pink-bellied tilapia. Above the fish hangs a trough filled with kale, herbs and swiss chard, which feed off the tank’s nutrient-ri...

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March 14, 2013

New GROW Projects

It’s been a busy winter at The Working Centre greenhouse! At Grow Gardens staff and volunteers have been growing and selling herbs, teas, and hydroponic microgreens for several years. Now, not only are we expanding to offer living wheatgrass, sunflower and pea shoots, but with the addition of a new aquaponi...

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