![]() ![]() Offerings include Summer Crisp Lettuce, Butterhead lettuce, Green Curly Kale, Rainbow Swiss Chard, Cherry Tomatoes (limited), Basil, Radish microgreens, Sunflower microgreens, Pea shoot microgreens, and Broccoli microgreens.īranchburg, New Jersey 08853 | Throw FarmĬabbage Throw Farm is a 1-acre market garden located in NJ’s fertile Musconetcong River Valley. This allows aquaponic farmers to grow truly organic produce to bring to the market. Unlike conventional farming chemical fertilizers/pesticides are not necessary, and therefore they are not used. By the plants consuming the nutrient they are cleaning the water for the fish. ![]() Beneficial bacteria convert the toxic fish waste into a form of nutrients usable by the plant. The fish waste in aquaponics provides a source of nutrients for the plants. It is a method of farming requiring about 1/10th of the water and a fraction of the land used in conventional farming. Both Fish and plants are grown in one body of water in a closed loop system. Aquaponics is a farming practice that mimics the natural ecological processes of nature. AquaSprout Farms is a small family farm and the first commercial Aquaponics farm in Somerset County NJ.
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