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Turner's company marries aquaculture and hydroponics
Out of that experiment grew Santa Barbara Aquaponics and a 35-foot-long, self-funded system that Childerely calls a “boutique showroom option” to demonstrate how the approach could be incorporated into both large agriculture operations and the average homeowner’s backyard. Work on the second system has begun, and Childerley hopes to build two more in the same space in the coming months. “There’s so much disillusion with the future when it comes to food shortages and drought,” Childerley said. “I see this as a vehicle of hope. Nature is so abundant, and we want to tap into that.”
