Purdue University announced plans Wednesday to construct a pilot-scale aquaponics system on campus to produce tilapia and lettuce. The university has received a five-year, $10 million grant from the U ...

In the wake of last year’s fire that tore through France’s Notre Dame Cathedral, design studio founder Nicolas Abdelkader was one of many designers and architects who came up with ideas for a new ...

Food science graduate student Juan Velasquez Domingo and professor Jen-Yi Huang discuss the progress of the algae cultures being tested to clean wastewater to determine the best option for use in ...

Keeping swimming: Aquaponics is creating quite the stir — literally! The systems keep water flowing between symbiotic environments of plant and fish habitats, creating a year-round farm. Photo by ...

Growing vegetables and fish together in a confined space, and without fertilizers and pesticides. Is this the future of food production? Like a shimmering purple spaceship, the glowing greenhouse ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University has received a five-year, $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to increase the production of seafood, also known as “blue food,” which is ...

When it comes to design, mother nature has a lot to teach us. The field of Biodesign has emerged as an exciting new discipline which integrates the best ideas from nature with the cutting edge of ...

The folks at the non-profit ECOLIFE Foundation are dedicated to providing, as they put it, “ecologically sustainable water, food, and shelter to communities through education applied programs.” Part ...