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Forest Friends Urban Farm – Natural Fertilizer
Fresh Organic Produce such as vegetables, greens, herbs and fruit grown in an environmental friendly way at the aquaponics farm in Vredendal.
For the Kuys-couple in Vredenburg the dream of an urban aquaponics farm became true. In 2016 they bought a plot of 1 hectare in the Western-Cape town of Vredenburg with the idea of developing an aquaponics farm in the town where their market is local, therefore all around them. It produces healthy fresh products, is organic and also make use of natural fertilization.
So now they produce a variety of leaf vegetables which they package in colourful mixes. They mix green and red oak leaf lettuce, cos and butter lettuce, beetroot leaves, fennel, dill, wild as well as sweet rocket, basil, spinach, Chinese cabbage and also pak choi.
These products get harvested in the mornings and by lunchtime they can be on your plate. They provide these fresh products to the local market, various restaurants, private people as well as an online products shop. This venture has developed into a sustainable supply of environmental friendly food.
Aquaponics is the integration of Hydroponics (growing plants in water without soil) and Aquaculture (rearing of aquatic animals for food) all living together in a symbiotic relationship. The fish provide food for the plants and in return cleans the water for the fish.
The fish produce waste which change in nitrates and ammonia. These are not good for the fish if the build up too much. There are microbes living on the grow-bed that change the ammonia to a form of nitrogen which the plants can suck up to grow. The plants suck up these nutrients therefore they purify the water. As a result this again good for the fish.
The most commonly used fish in aquaponics is tilapia. Advantages of this type of farming are, among others, no use of pesticides of artificial nutrient; no weeds, pests and soil-borne insects; as well as use of water is cut dramatically.
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Vir die Kuyse in Vredenburg het die droom van ‘n akwaponika boerdery in die dorp waar geword. In 2016 koop hulle 1 hektaar grond in Vredenburg in die Wes-Kaap met die gedagte om ‘n akwaponika boerdery op die been te bring omdat hulle mark plaaslik rondom hulle is in die dorp. Dit produseer gesonde vars produkte, is organies en maak van natuurlik bemesting gebruik.
Vars organiese produkte
Nou produseer hulle ‘n verskeidenheid blaargoentes wat kleurvol verpak word in gemengde pakke. Hulle meng groen en rooi eikeblaar blaarslaai met kropslaai en botterblaarslaai, beetblare, vinkel, dille, wilde slaai-eruca, soet slaai-eruca, basilie, spinasie, Chinese kool en pak choi.
Hierdie produkte word soggens ge-oes en is teen middagete op die rakke. Hulle voorsien die vars produkte aan die plaaslike mark, verskeie restaurante, privaat mense en ook ‘n aanlynprodukte-winkel. Dit het ontwikkel in ‘n volhoubare voorsiening van omgewingsvriendelike voedsel.
Dit is ‘n rewolusionêre stelsel om plante te voed met die afvalwater van die visdam wat dan weer skoon teruggaan na die visdam.
Akwaponika is ‘n stelsel wat vis- en plantboerdery-sonder-grond kombineer sodat die een by die ander kan baat. Die uiteinde is organiese groente en kruie, asook ‘n gesonde bron van proteiene.
Die vis produseer afval wat in nitrate en ammoniak verander. Dis nie goed vir die visse nie, maar baie goeie bemesting vir plante. Mikrobes of nitrifiserende bakterieë wat op die oppervlak van die groeibed woon, skakel die ammoniak om in ‘n vorm van stikstof wat plante kan opneem om te groei. Die plante neem die stowwe uit die water op en die skoon water gaan terug na die visse.
Die tilapia vis word die meeste gebruik in akwaponika. Voordele van hierdie manier van boer is, onder andere, gebruik van insekdoders en kunsmis word vermy; onkruid, peste en insekte wat uit die grond kom word vermy; en die waterverbruik is drasties minder.
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Farmers Weekly 15 September 2017
Tags: Organic/Natural Fertilizer - Foods and Products
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