Rebecca Nelson and John Pade are developing, educating and selling of products for aquaponics that their company â?? Nelson and Pade Inc. â?? seeks to make a difference in the way people grow or acquire food. Aquaponics is the combination of two practices: aquaculture (fish farming) and hydroponics (growing plants without soil). Nelson and Pade are putting into practice the research of James Rakocy, director of the University of the Virgin Islands Agricultural Experiment Station. Rakocy, a Milwaukee native and a 1967 UW-Madison graduate, has been developing aquaponics for 30 years.
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