MADBURY — A researcher at the University of New Hampshire hopes to increase local food production through an integrated land-based aquaculture and hydroponic plant production system.
Todd Guerdat, an assistant professor of agricultural engineering, is leading a series of studies at Kingman Research Farm in Madbury.
He and others are taking waste nutrients from fish and using them for plants.
In three greenhouses, they are trying to determine if higher protein diets are more beneficial for plant production.
“The goal is to use all the nutrients from the feed, without having to supplement anything,” Guerdat said.
Researchers are using tilapia because they are efficient, cheap and reliable, but researchers hope is to start using cold water fish such as striped bass.
