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Posted by Matthew Giddens on November 29, 2018

Last year was spent trying to optimize the use of freshwater shrimp in the system. After a less the satisfactory yield we are reintroducing Tilapia into the aquaponics system in the Turner Hall greenhouses. The produce side of the system provides fresh baby greens and serves as a propagation station for the indoor herb garden.

To date there are 149 customers enrolled in the reusable to-go program. Those customers have diverted waste from the landfill a total of 2847 times by ordering their take-out using our Chews to Reuse program.

We recently installed a herb washing station in the kitchen and hope to expand the our herb production to offer retail packaged herbs. We currently grow 80-90% of our herbs hyper-locally using the LED lighting just outside our kitchen.

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Bevier Café Herb Garden (View project updates for Bevier Café Herb Garden)
Bevier Café’s - Aquaponics System Demonstration Unit (View project updates for Bevier Café’s - Aquaponics System Demonstration Unit)

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