The overarching goal of this Purdue University-led SAS project is to increase local and regional production of adequate, nutritious, and affordable blue foods with a minimal environmental footprint to ultimately diversify US agricultural systems and dietary patterns. Our transdisciplinary and cross-institutional team will implement an integrated approach to engage stakeholders across the blue food supply chains (BFSC) to: 1) evaluate and pilot azero-waste, grid-independent, and economically viable aquaponics system; and, 2) generate an evidence-based vision and framework for facilitating the adoption of aquaponics. We will drive local/regional BFSC with a novel integrated aquaponics FPS (IAFPS).Overall, our team will partner with stakeholders to drive the research agenda (Obj. 1) and our research insights (Obj. 2 & 3) will be translated through Extension programming to meet the diverse audience along the BFSC (Obj. 4) and through secondary and undergraduate education for the next generation (Obj. 5).Objective 1: Partner with diverse stakeholders to identify barriers and opportunities for blue foods and aquaponicsObjective 2: Design, construct, and evaluate a resilient and sustainable FPS that integrates aquaponics with microalgae cultivation, anaerobic digestion, and biorefining processesObjective 3: Assess economic and environmental performance of IAFPS and develop evidence-based management practices and business modelsObjective 4: Engage with stakeholders to support aquaponics and blue food market developmentObjective 5: Create, pilot, and publish education materials to foster a workforce prepared to support BFSC
WHEN BLUE IS GREEN: SUSTAINABLE BLUE FOOD SYSTEMS DRIVEN BY INTEGRATED AQUAPONICS
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Investigators
Huang, J.; Brown, PA, .; Quagrainie, KW, K..; Liceaga, AN, M..; Engelberth, AB, .; Ni, JI, .; Carroll, NA, J..; Wright, NI, .; Feng, YA, .; Payne Haugen, LI, .; Simsek, HA, .; Zhou, ZH, .
Institution
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Start date
2023
End date
2028
Funding Source
Project number
IND00126305G
Accession number
1029721
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