Jon Bales has worn lots of hats in his life, from Navy flight instructor to coffee plantation owner, but now Bales’ thoughts are pretty much caught up in fish.
“What we’d like to do is to make Milwaukee become a national leader in growing fish by creating a large-scale production facility to grow 100 tons of [...]
WUWM Radio Interview
National Conference Exhibit
The Milwaukee Urban Aquaculture Center (UAC) has been invited to exhibit at the national Urban Agriculture Conference to be held at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center, 509 West Wisconsin, February 28-March 1, 2008. The theme is “Pollinating Our Future.” This conference invites everybody interested in urban aquaculture to participate by sharing needs, experiences, questions and [...]
Wisconsin Aquaculture Conference
The practice of fish farming is the fastest growing segment of agriculture around the world. And Wisconsin’s aquaculture industry is a player in the expanding global marketplace. As a result, the Wisconsin Aquaculture Association is holding a conference next month to focus on selling more of the state’s fish products around the globe.
Wisconsin Aquaculture: Meeting [...]
A Good Catch for Hoosier Producers
As part of their aquaculture initiative, the Indiana Soybean Alliance sponsored the first ever Financing Aquaculture Conference in Indiana on Friday. Despite less than ideal weather, the meeting drew close to one hundred producers from across the state. Steve Hart, Director of the Aquaculture program for ISA, said this is indicative of [...]
Martin Schreibman: Interview
Martin Schreibman is a man with a vision for the future, and that vision involves a lot of fish tanks - in downtown Brooklyn. Like many progressive thinkers, he is a proponent of creating better food, more jobs, and a better life for people in cities. But his preferred method for accomplishing all this - [...]