27 min
Why are they raising fish in the desert? The Lab at azcentral
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- Life Sciences
On family trips to San Diego, George Brooks used to collect hermit crabs and sea stars and bring them back to Phoenix. What followed was a lifetime of raising fish in the desert.
He, and others in Arizona, aren’t just doing it for the love of all things scaly, shiny and gilled.
Researchers and community leaders like Brooks see big potential in these small creatures, to solve local problems that have global implications.
In this episode, you’ll hear about prawns in kiddie pools and zebrafish revealing the secrets of the human genome. You’ll also hear about the promise of aquaculture (that’s basically agriculture + water) to bring food systems closer to home while preserving the ocean far from our landlocked state.
How? Come – or swim – along, and let’s find out.
Read more about Phoenix aquaculture pioneer George Brooks in this 2020 story: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2020/08/10/arizona-aquaponics-pioneer-george-brooks-preaches-edible-landscapes/5532656002/
Watch George Brooks’s TED Talk: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb495LDRNs4
Learn more about Benjamin Renquist’s genetics-based aquaculture technology company, GenetiRate: https://www.genetirate.fish
Take a deeper dive into the state of global fisheries and aquaculture with this interactive summary from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: https://www.fao.org/state-of-fisheries-aquaculture/en/.
If you haven’t started your own backyard fish pond yet, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch has guides to choosing sustainably sourced seafood: https://www.seafoodwatch.org/recommendations/download-consumer-guides.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On family trips to San Diego, George Brooks used to collect hermit crabs and sea stars and bring them back to Phoenix. What followed was a lifetime of raising fish in the desert.
He, and others in Arizona, aren’t just doing it for the love of all things scaly, shiny and gilled.
Researchers and community leaders like Brooks see big potential in these small creatures, to solve local problems that have global implications.
In this episode, you’ll hear about prawns in kiddie pools and zebrafish revealing the secrets of the human genome. You’ll also hear about the promise of aquaculture (that’s basically agriculture + water) to bring food systems closer to home while preserving the ocean far from our landlocked state.
How? Come – or swim – along, and let’s find out.
Read more about Phoenix aquaculture pioneer George Brooks in this 2020 story: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2020/08/10/arizona-aquaponics-pioneer-george-brooks-preaches-edible-landscapes/5532656002/
Watch George Brooks’s TED Talk: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb495LDRNs4
Learn more about Benjamin Renquist’s genetics-based aquaculture technology company, GenetiRate: https://www.genetirate.fish
Take a deeper dive into the state of global fisheries and aquaculture with this interactive summary from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: https://www.fao.org/state-of-fisheries-aquaculture/en/.
If you haven’t started your own backyard fish pond yet, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch has guides to choosing sustainably sourced seafood: https://www.seafoodwatch.org/recommendations/download-consumer-guides.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27 min