Join us for a tour of Phoenix Foods, an integrated sustainable fish and hydroponic (a.k.a. aquaponic) farm located in the West Phila Empowerment Zone, with a year-round, daily harvest of pesticide-free Tilapia and Sweet Basil at market prices.
Phoenix Foods’ farm is a recirculating system where fish waste is biologically transformed into nitrogen, a plant nutrient. Floating basil plants take up nitrogen from the water before it recirculates back to the fish tanks.
In addition to using the natural byproduct of one crop to support another, Phoenix Foods’ system also “load shares” energy - selling excess power created by their clean burning co-generator back on to the energy grid for consumer consumption during peak usage hours.
After the tour, Phoenix Foods founders Lance Haver and Dwayne Carson will join us for a picnic lunch and discussion on symbiotics in business and their experiences with putting their philosophies to work.
