Perch have largely disappeared from Lake Michigan, but Milwaukee diners soon might be able to order the popular Friday night fish fry species once more from local waters. Just in time for Lent. A new generation of yellow perch is being netted about a mile from Lake Michigan at an urban fish and vegetable farm [...]
Repurposed Buildings
“Sometimes I miss living in Seattle. I used to teach at a converted building dedicated to nonprofit orgs and low-income artist housing. There are similar endeavors in many cities, but in Seattle it’s everywhere and at the Good Shepherd Center, located a mile away from my former home, one of the tenants, Seattle Tilth, inspires [...]
Aquaponics: A Locavore’s Fish Farm?
If we don’t figure out a way to produce seafood sustainably, we may live to see a future when wild fish are too rare to eat. Fish farming has increased as an alternative to ocean fishing (nearly half of all fish eaten worldwide today are, in fact, farmed), but marine farming — raising ocean-caught fish [...]
Treehugger Roundup
The blog Treehugger had several posts this week that directly relate to our work here at the Urban Aquaculture Center. The featured Milwaukee’s first rooftop CSA, looked at the over fishing of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, and looked at Urban Permaculture.
Milwaukee’s First Rooftop CSA
Urban areas leave little room for gardening and greenery. Community gardens and green [...]
New Fish Business
A couple of weeks ago, WUWM News visited a greenhouse on the city’s southside, where 7th & 8th graders manage an aquaculture system. They’re raising fish, using a natural filtering system that cleanses the water and grows edible plants along the way.
Today, WUWM’s Susan Bence introduces us to a few people in Milwaukee who hope [...]