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Hickory Smoked Aquaponic Catfish

Some of our smaller fish being prepared on the smoker

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Aquaponic Kitchen

When life hands you catfish...

The aquaponics team makes a minor mishap into a major feast
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft

7 kilos of Happiness

The ins and outs of weighing our fish

Every 6 months, we weigh our 128 African catfish. This is done to get a snapshot into the growth rate of the catfish and check on their general wellbeing. The Aquaponics Greenhouse currently has five...
The Ultimate Miniponics Manual

How to build it yourself

The miniponics system is a cute little one, attracting a lot of attention from visitors. Read here how you can build it yourself.
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft

Duckweed taste testing 2.0

Using duckweed as an alternative food source to feed our fish

Let me tell you about an aquatic plant I have come to love... Duckweed is a floating aquatic plant commonly found in ponds, lakes, and other still-moving bodies of water. Duckweed is commonly seen as...
From our Faraway Friend Wendy Monroe

Release of Channel Catfish

Richmond Aquaponics farm receives inhabitants

The Channel Catfish for the Richmond aquaponics farm have arrived! This video shows their release.
Aquaponic Kitchen

New Zealand Spinach Juice

Drinking our aquaponic vegetables
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft

Tasting before wasting

Optimizing our African Catfish feed

My project for the past 8 weeks has been to look at how we could use waste streams from both the aquaponics greenhouse and the kitchen to feed our catfish to make the system as circular as possible.
Enormous vertical aquaponics farm in Chicago

In an abandoned warehouse

There has been some talk in the aquaponics community about the question whether aquaponics can be done commercially succesful. Here's an example, it's called FarmedHere
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Abhay Villa 28 Jun 2021

Shitty Water + Wasabi - Snails = Money

At the Mediamatic Greenhouse, we try to maximise the productivity of the little space we have by growing rare, collectable and valuable crops. All whilst strongly advocating for the advantages of...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Abhay Villa 5 Aug 2021

Is it an alien? Is it a sex toy? No, it's Sopropo!

procuring, growing and cooking this intriguing fruit

You may have come across Sopropo on your travels, at a Surinamese/Asian restaurant or maybe even at home. Read on and learn about our journey procuring, growing and cooking this intriguing fruit...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Vera Catalano, Doudouce Knol

What does a day in the Aquaponics greenhouse look…

Morning The first thing we do in the morning is to check the pH in the subtank. The pH, a measure of how acidic the water is, determines the health of the fish, the creation of bacteria in the system
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft

Elderflower Champagne 2.0

Popping champagne straight from the garden!

The first fermentation step for making Elderflower champagne started last week with a trial test of 20L! Here you can find the process, recipe, and some great action shots of the flowery business!
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Abhay Villa 22 Mar 2021

We are Growing Edible Flowers

15 meters from farm to plate

Mediamatic ETEN and the Aquaponics Farm together are aiding the growth of a project that started "rooting" its way into Mediamatic's collection a couple of years ago; and now with the arrival of this...
Tower 1

From the museum

Setup: Tower Fish: Catfish Location: Fabriek, Aquaponics tent Built: 7 September 2012, Transnatural Festival
Dealing with pests

The pineapple sage infestation

With the changing of the seasons and the drop in temperature, some plants in the unheated greenhouse become more susceptible to pests and infestations as they are perennial, such as the Pineapple...
Tower 3

From North

Setup: Tower Fish: Catfish Location: Fabriek, Aquaponics tent Built: 10 October 2012, Festival of Cools
Fish, plant, rack

Quasi symbiotic environment for machine, fish and hydroponics

Andy Gracie's work allows the electrical discharges of the virtually blind elephant fish to instruct the actions of a robot whose task is to monitor the development of plants in a hydroponic system.
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Kevin Siedsma

Help! My seeds aren't germinating!

My time here at the aquaponics greenhouse has been a touch and go learning experience. Let me elaborate by going into detail about my trials and tribulations setting up the nursery. So all you
Tower 2

First tower, second system

Setup: Tower Fish: Catfish Location: Fabriek, Aquaponics tent Built: 26 May 2012
Tower 4

First and longest

Setup: Small system, mushrooms in top Fish: Minnows, goldfish, cross breeds Location: Fabriek, Aquaponics tent Built: May 2012
A new system!

Thanks to the workshop participants

Last friday we built a new system. It's about time too, because the catfish are a little bit overstocked.
Too big, too many

The catfish are growing

Yesterday we experimented with different techniques to measure our catfish.
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Thibaut Counot

Serving our fish a special rat-atouille

Turning pests into fish food

Amsterdam is facing an increasing rat population. Can we turn this to our advantage?
2020 Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Kimchi: Co-design with Microbes

with Saskia Frederiks

Have you been dreaming of being able to make your own kimchi? It is a delicious condiment, which brings fermented flavor of umami and tanginess, as well as beneficial microbes into your cooking .

modified Anne Lakeman

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