{"id":11018,"date":"2022-10-21t15:07:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-21t15:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/together-we-grow-aquaponics-can-change-the-way-we-grow-food-in-the-desert-and-beyond\/"},"modified":"2023-02-16t20:16:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16t20:16:14","slug":"together-we-grow-aquaponics-can-change-the-way-we-grow-food-in-the-desert-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/together-we-grow-aquaponics-can-change-the-way-we-grow-food-in-the-desert-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"together we grow: aquaponics can change the way we grow food in the desert and beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowtransparency=\"true\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=xvtbs-12ef3d7-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=arial&amp;skin=1&amp;font-color=auto&amp;logo_link=episode_page&amp;btn-skin=7\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" title=\"together we grow: how one man is showing that aquaponics can change the way we grow food in the desert and beyond\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>audio story by chris zatarain<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">tucson resident charles collins\u2019 backyard garden may be unlike any other home garden you\u2019ve ever seen. he\u2019s opted to grow aquaponically rather than in a traditional in-ground garden.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">aquaponics is a system of growing food in a closed-loop system that integrates live fish, a soilless medium, plants, and mineral-rich water. <a href=\"https:\/\/togetherwegrowaz.com\/home-2\/\">charles&nbsp;designed and built his aquaponics system<\/a> by blending forms of traditional ecological knowledge and modern scientific understanding, as well as low and high technologies to grow an abundance of fresh vegetables and sustainable protein to feed him and his family.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image align-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"charles collins takes a selfie while standing in front of the aquaponics system in his garden.\" height=\"400\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/chris pic 1.jpeg\"><figcaption>charles collins and his aquaponic garden.<br \/>\n(photo courtesy of charles collins)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">his work and influence continues to expand across his local community and around the world,&nbsp;with technologies he developed being adapted and used in cutting edge scientific&nbsp; endeavors at nasa and the world health organization (who). his main mission, though, is in getting more people interested in growing their own food.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">according to charles, aquaponics is the answer to growing abundant, nutritious, and&nbsp;sustainably-sourced food in a changing climate for everyday people interested in taking more control of their food security.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">this piece is intended to acquaint you with the warm and wonderful charles collins, a man working to change the way that the world grows food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>charles collins is a backyard gardener on a mission to change the way that the world grows food. in this audio story,&nbsp;charles discusses his primary method: aquaponics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10184,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4896,4900,4914],"tags":[3447,4791,162,606,81],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-green-living","category-sustainability","tag-aquaponics","tag-audio","tag-gardening","tag-podcast","tag-sustainability"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- this site is optimized with the yoast seo plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>together we grow: aquaponics can change the way we grow food in the desert and beyond - planet forward<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/together-we-grow-aquaponics-can-change-the-way-we-grow-food-in-the-desert-and-beyond\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_us\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"together we grow: aquaponics can change the way we grow food in the desert and beyond - planet forward\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"charles collins is a backyard gardener on a mission to change the way that the world grows food. in this audio story,&nbsp;charles discusses his primary method: aquaponics.&nbsp;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/together-we-grow-aquaponics-can-change-the-way-we-grow-food-in-the-desert-and-beyond\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"planet forward\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/planetforward.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-21t15:07:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-16t20:16:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"chris zatarain\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@planet_forward\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@planet_forward\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"chris zatarain\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"article\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/together-we-grow-aquaponics-can-change-the-way-we-grow-food-in-the-desert-and-beyond\/#article\",\"ispartof\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/together-we-grow-aquaponics-can-change-the-way-we-grow-food-in-the-desert-and-beyond\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"chris zatarain\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/061a5699cf15784aaeca0212a51347e2\"},\"headline\":\"together we grow: aquaponics can change the way we grow food in the desert and beyond\",\"datepublished\":\"2022-10-21t15:07:30+00:00\",\"datemodified\":\"2023-02-16t20:16:14+00:00\",\"mainentityofpage\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/together-we-grow-aquaponics-can-change-the-way-we-grow-food-in-the-desert-and-beyond\/\"},\"wordcount\":242,\"commentcount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"aquaponics\",\"audio\",\"gardening\",\"podcast\",\"sustainability\"],\"articlesection\":[\"food\",\"克罗地亚vs加拿大让球
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