Air Products and INMED South Africa have successfully installed a new aquaponics system at Laerskool Kempton Park in Ekurhuleni.
This initiative not only provides an educational platform for learners and a regular supply of vegetables and fish for the school’s feeding schemes, but also creates an opportunity for sustainability for the entire community.
Aquaponics is an agricultural technique which combines aquaculture and soilless crop growing. The system is a custom size, which consists of three fish tanks and five grow beds. Each tank consists of 600 fish and the grow beds will have 1 x 7 meters of grow space each for a variety of vegetables and herbs. The traditional and sensory garden will be in a space of 25 x 10 metres.
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