Aquaponics is an innovative, and widely investigated, urban agriculture technology that employs a symbiotic relationship between fish and plants to increase food production. The American Farm School, located in Thessaloniki Greece, is interested in investigating the potential of aquaponics. This project aimed to investigate the possibilities of integrating aquaponics within the school’s educational and research curricula. Utilizing a human centered design type approach, the interests of different stakeholders were examined to guide design criteria for aquaponics systems that met the needs of the American Farm School and Perrotis College.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Harley Cabada, Mariana
• Yang, Huilin
• Venditto, Nicholas James
• Van Blarcum, Jonathan Morgan

Subject

• Industry
• Sustainability
• Food
• Infrastructure

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042816-022103

Keyword

• Sustainability
• Agriculture
• Water resources development
• Sustainable development--Environmental aspects

Advisor

• Hersh, Robert
• Bulled, Nicola

Year

• 2016

Sponsor

• American Farm School

Date created

• 2016-04-28

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright