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  • Ted talk Aquaponics

    Een mooie uitleg van Charlie Price over hoe Aquaponics werkt

    Bekijk deze fantastische Ted Talk over Aquaponics . Waarin uitgelegd wordt wat Aquaponics is en kan beteken voor de nieuwe voedsel revolutie.
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  • Foto verslag Aquaponics

    Video's & foto's door de weken heen in de Mediamatic fabriek.

    In de Mediamatic fabriek in Amsterdam aan de oude V.O.C. Kade wordt elke week druk gewerkt aan het Aquaponics project.

  • Structuring processes

    Backing up our assumptions

    Our oldest system has been running for one and a half years now and we've seen happening a lot to it in this time. Ebs and flows, births and deaths, seeds and fruits. To have this experience is nice

  • Pruning tomatoes

    Light and air

    My father has years and years of experience growing tomatoes. The first thing I learned from him was pruning. 'The most important thing', according to him.

  • Mediamatic FABRIEK expertmeeting

    invulling van de van Gendthallen

    Op een mooie zomerse namiddag in juli spraken we met een groep bevriende experts over onze toekomstplannen voor de Mediamatic FABRIEK in de Van Gendthallen.

  • Aquaponics

    Fish feeding plants, plants feeding fish

    Mediamatic has assembled a team to work on aquaponics projects at Mediamatic Fabriek. View their work here. On this page you can find research on future aquaponics projects.

  • 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...

  • All about the siphon

    Everything you need to know to build an autosiphon

    How does it work? First of all, here is a nice animation to show you how the auto-siphon functions so you can integrate it to your eb and flood system like aquaponics. Found on youtube, made by...
  • From our Faraway Friend Wendy Monroe

    Trial and Error

    A photo essay

    Our system with the five half barrel beds is up and running now, the plants in the beds have taken root and we will be taking delivery of 30 Channel Catfish next week. We will be getting them from...
  • Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 0#0 1 Jan 1985

    Talks on Talking Back

    Talking about Media

    In november 1985 Talking Back to the Media took place in Amsterdam. A co-operation of Time Based Arts, De Appel, Shaffy Theater, Kriterion, VPRO-Radio en AORTA. Max Bruinsma reconstructs the...

  • Iron, Man

    Testing Iron Levels in our Aquaponics Setup

    Maintaining proper iron levels is essential in aquaponics.

  • 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.

  • New nursery!

    Yesterday we built a new space for our small plants, we used recycled materials. The first nursery was not working very well because the environment was too cold for them. We installed a plastic...

  • Miniponics succes

    Many people want it at home

    After two days of workshops using the miniponics as a demonstration model, we can say it's a big succes.

  • Workshop

    with new system design

    Mediamatic wanted an aquaponics system in their greenhouse office at the Fabriek, so during the workshop we built one upstairs. It's a new design, because the tower wouldn't fit underneath the glass...

  • Harvest time

    should i wait or can i already harvest ??

    The well-known dilemma of harvest-time executed in a case-study of the generic cucumber. You are eager to taste your well-earned fruits, but also reckon they still grow bigger and become more...
  • From our Faraway Friend Wendy Monroe

    Those Oesterzwam bags

    Unknown here in the States

    At a presentation given by Jim Wheeler, founder of the Sonoma County Mycological Association ( of Northern California )

  • A 'Sister System' for the Mediamatic Aquaponics…

    How similar is a system of almost the same design... in a very different climate?

    For family reasons, I am leaving Amsterdam and returning to my native San Francisco. … Just as things are getting interesting with the system at Mediamatic's Urban Farm... A 'sister system' system in...

  • Black Soldier Fly

    All hail the lords of composting

    Documenting our black soldier fly experiment

  • 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.

  • First sprouts transplanted to the Aquaponics…

    Field Peas (Capucijners) are looking great!

    New season starts for the Aquaponics Systems. After few days awaiting for our first shoots we have finally some baby plants to transplant to the grow beds.

  • Van koud naar warm

    Het wordt al lekker warm in de kas

    Het water in ons aquaponics systeem stroomt sinds begin februari non stop door de groeibedden en vistanks. De afgelopen periode zijn we bezig geweest met het geven van de eerste workshop en het...

  • Bladluis en mier vs lieveheersbeestje en koud…

    aquaponics biogevechten

    Omdat onze planten zo lekker zijn moeten we ze beschermen tegen indringers. De kleinste indringers weten toch onze kas binnen te sluipen. Munt en peterselie worden aangevallen door bladluizen. Wij...

  • Een eerlijke review van onze aquaponics

    minpunten om te verbeteren

    Er is veel informatie te vinden over waarom je aan aquaponics zou moeten beginnen maar de minder toffe dingen worden weinig genoemd.

  • Farm Fountain, an unusual aquaponics system

    Art and science together for a better way of life

    Farm Fountain is a small ecosystem that allows you to have fresh food grown right at home.

created Joachim Bongers modified Joachim Bongers

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