Aquaponics has the potential
to supply both a vegetable and protein source to feed the growing human
population. Learn how modern advances and the integration of fish and plants
can meet a global demand for safe and sustainable seafood at a free lecture.
“Aquaponics: Sustainable Food
Production” will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 29, presented by Chris
Hartleb, professor of biology at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Held in the Pinery Room of the Portage Country Public Library, 1001 Main
Street, Stevens Point, the event is open to the public free of charge. This is
the second talk in the nine-part College of Letters and Science 2015-2016
Community Lecture Series. Wisconsin Public Television will film the lecture to
be televised at a later date.
“Aquaponics is the integration of fish and soil-less plant culture
in a water recycle system, providing food security and year-round production,”
said Hartleb. He will discuss the UW-Stevens Point Aquaponics Innovation
Center, a collaboration with private industry partner Nelson & Pade, Inc.®,
one of the nation’s leading aquaponics businesses. The partnership is
developing entrepreneurial projects to advance commercial aquaponics. Learn
more about the types of fish, greens and vegetables that grow well
aquaponically.
Hartleb received his undergraduate degree in biology from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., master’s degree in zoology from
the University of New Hampshire and doctorate in zoology from the University of
Maine. His research projects deal with fisheries, aquaculture and aquaponics in
the Midwest, examining the practice of fish culture and physiological behavior
of Wisconsin fish. Hartleb teaches courses on fisheries ecology,
aquaculture/fish culture and aquaponics.
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