A bit of farming future

A look at agri-business of the future? Our staff writer Mark Fisher, who covers food and dining, wrote last week about a family in Beavercreek Twp. that grows fish and veggies in the same space.

The “aqua farm,” he reports, “will allow them to sell pesticide-free, chemical-free vegetables, fruit, fish and crayfish year-round. Oasis Aqua Farm founders Kimball and Stephanie Osborne have erected a 2,500-square-foot structure that looks like a greenhouse at their seven-acre farm. The ‘greenhouse’ actually houses an aquaponics system, in which plants grow in gently circulating water that also provides a home to fish and crayfish.”