Maris garden follow up blog MPX STEM

3 things you learned that stood out the most to you
2 question you still have, or 2 things you would like to learn more about

When we went to Mari's garden, I learned a lot of things that stood out to me. Not only were they excelling at aquaponics, but also their hydroponics too. They were raising the vegetables in little troughs that were at a slight angle so the water constantly flowed.Raising fish in long, skinny underground pools really stood out too me. They were mass producing fast growing fish to even out the nutrients needed in the aquaponics systems. The way they experimented with growing plants using no light from the sun and only used artificial light was cool because  it would solve a lot of food problems and is portable.

     I still have some questions to be answered though. For example, what would be the next step in cutting the costs of operating down? They told us that the operating costs were very high, but I wasn't sure if it was because they weren't prioritizing on cutting the costs down or it was just because they did not think the cost could be cut down much more than it is now. What is your reason for trying to use hydroponics or aquaponics to grow food, but without the use of sun? Is it because you want to make a place they you can grow food in that will not be affected by any variables? I would also like to know more about want types off fish you plan to grow in the future, and also about your progress on your research on growing plants with only artificial light.