Pentair, Urban Organics Open Aquaponics Farm in Old Schmidt Brewery
By Dee DePass | Star Tribune
Jun 7, 2017 9:00 AM ET
Campaign:
Smart, Sustainable Solutions
As originally published on the startribune.com
Urban Organics worker Lee Scoggins flicked a cup of powder into a large blue pool and watched as 50,000 tiny salmon, each the size of a paper clip, darted toward dinner inside the newly converted old Schmidt Brewery plant in St. Paul.
The 8-week-old fish that will grow into 10-pound beauties over the next year were introduced to an enthusiastic crowd Thursday as part of the grand opening of Urban Organics’ and Pentair’s second indoor fish and produce farm, one of the largest commercial aquaponics facilities in the world.
Read the complete article via the startribune.com
