Visionary hooked on urban fish farm

[mwilbert]

I think it is a good idea, assuming the market size actually exists. There is a lot of imported tilapia around, and the fresh and/or live market is probably not enormous. But maybe it's bigger than I think.

The other thing I didn't see in that op-ed was a plan to deal with the tilapia waste. It can be used as fertilizer for plants, but to do that you need some plants. For 5 million tilapia, you need a whole lot of plants.

[WPitonya]

The other thing I didn't see in that op-ed was a plan to deal with the tilapia waste. It can be used as fertilizer for plants, but to do that you need some plants. For 5 million tilapia, you need a whole lot of plants.

Couldn't Hantz Farms use the waste? It will be pretty close to there. This could be the beginning of an excellent sustainable system.

[old guy]

The other thing I didn't see in that op-ed was a plan to deal with the tilapia waste. It can be used as fertilizer for plants, but to do that you need some plants. For 5 million tilapia, you need a whole lot of plants.

Fish waste can be almost as profitable as the fish are. With the huge upsurge in organic farming/gardening, it's a great resource for fertilizer.

[mwilbert]

Fish waste can be almost as profitable as the fish are. With the huge upsurge in organic farming/gardening, it's a great resource for fertilizer.

Yes. The article didn't mention anything about it though, and processing it into saleable fertilizer would be a whole business in itself.