'Chicken pimping' helps at-risk youth grow sustainable career prospects
Today we’re listening back to a conversation with aquaponic chicken farmer Sean Short of Blooming Health Farms ( https://www.bloominghealthfarms.com/ ), located in Greeley, Colorado. And just what is aquaponic chicken farming?
Short says the farm uses aquaponics, “a fancy way of saying that we have some fish, and we use the fish water to grow plants.” In other words, aquaponics combines fish farming with hydroponics. Short is also using that fish water to grow chicken feed. He said that system helps him clean up wastewater from the messy process of producing the feed. All of this is connected to Short’s organic egg production to make some “really yummy eggs,” he said.
Beyond agricultural sustainability — hydroponic farming conserves water and land, and reduces pesticide use ( https://psci.princeton.edu/tips/2020/11/9/the-future-of-farming-hydroponics ) — what is also notable about Farmer Sean’s operation is the people involved. He is bringing at-risk kids into the fold and helping them to learn new skills and carve paths away from the criminal justice system. And one of the ways he engages youth’s passions is to talk like them.
In The NOCO
Episode 444
April 17, 2024
★ Episode details: https://share.transistor.fm/s/3f93270a
★ Additional episodes: https://www.kunc.org/podcast/inthenoco
Видео 'Chicken pimping' helps at-risk youth grow sustainable career prospects канала KUNC
Short says the farm uses aquaponics, “a fancy way of saying that we have some fish, and we use the fish water to grow plants.” In other words, aquaponics combines fish farming with hydroponics. Short is also using that fish water to grow chicken feed. He said that system helps him clean up wastewater from the messy process of producing the feed. All of this is connected to Short’s organic egg production to make some “really yummy eggs,” he said.
Beyond agricultural sustainability — hydroponic farming conserves water and land, and reduces pesticide use ( https://psci.princeton.edu/tips/2020/11/9/the-future-of-farming-hydroponics ) — what is also notable about Farmer Sean’s operation is the people involved. He is bringing at-risk kids into the fold and helping them to learn new skills and carve paths away from the criminal justice system. And one of the ways he engages youth’s passions is to talk like them.
In The NOCO
Episode 444
April 17, 2024
★ Episode details: https://share.transistor.fm/s/3f93270a
★ Additional episodes: https://www.kunc.org/podcast/inthenoco
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