New Startup to Reduce Cost of Organic Foods

Online, November 5, 2013 (Newswire.com) - A new startup, non-profit organization, Aquaculture Community Project, aims to revolutionize our views of farming. More organic, healthy foods and less processed food for everyone, and they say the food will be more economical to boot.

In today's society, we eat an increasingly large proportion of foods which are processed. About 90% of the money Americans spend on food is used to buy "edible foodlike substances" as Michael Pollan, well-known author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and professor, calls them. Aquaculture Community Project aims to change this for people all over the world. Gregory Yohnk, founder of Aquaculture Community Project stated, "Every person should have access to clean, organic, natural foods and not have to eat processed edible foodlike substances that are priced so high, that some people have trouble affording the foods that their bodies require."

Aquaculture Community Project, which is based out of northwestern Wisconsin, is devoping innovations in aquaponics, which will change the way farming is done throughout the world. The new methods produce clean, organic vegetables, which are considerably less expensive then what you're currently getting in your grocery store. They want to have producers in or near each community so that foods arrive at the grocery store fresher. Currently, foods are often shipped across the country, resulting in foods which are less than fresh, and because of the shipping, more expensive. Also, with their methods, vegetables and fish can be produced year around, pretty much independant of the local environment.

Aquaponics is a system by which fish growing in tanks provide nutrients to the plants, the plants filter and clean the water, which is then returned to the fish tanks. By use of aquaponics, crops can be grown using considerably less land space, and reducing water usage to less than 10% of what is used in "traditional farming methods". There is less or no heavy equipment required and the costs of operation are significantly less which results in food which is much less expensive to produce and therefore can be sold at a much lower price.

Aquaculture Community Project is currently in the statup phase, and hopes to have it's first facility up and producing by the fall of 2014. This first facility will produce sufficent food to supply the local community with all their fresh vegetable needs. Since they plan to run on solar and wind power, they may well be able to sell back power to the grid, thereby helping even more.

Aquaculture Community Project is currently funded from donations from individuals like you. If you'd like more information, they are on Facebook at http://facebook.com/aquaculturecommunityproject