Nearly 40 community members from 10 organizations and families gathered recently at the new Kamehameha Schools Post-Harvest Facility just outside of Hilo for a three-day workshop on aquaponics systems.
Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture (raising fish) and hydroponics (the soil-less growing of plants) that grows fish and plants together in a single integrated system. The “Aquaponics Pilot: Train the Trainer Workshop” was organized and funded by Kamehameha Schools' Hawai‘i island asset management and regional teams. Featured trainers included Waimānalo Learning Center Community Coordinator Ilima Ho-Lastimosa, and Dr. Jane Chung-Do, associate professor at the UH Office of Public Health Studies.
Participants received hands-on training on how to build their own “mini ahupua‘a” aquaponics systems and taught the benefits of growing vegetables, medicinal plants and fish in their backyards and in their communities.
Community members received hands-on training on how to build their own “mini ahupua‘a” aquaponics systems and taught the benefits of growing vegetables, medicinal plants and fish in their backyards and in their communities.
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