Sam Adams, a former member of the U.S. Navy and current senior at Wheeling Jesuit University majoring in Environment and Sustainability, is working on a project that could potentially help end the world’s deficiency of nutritious food. His project utilizes an aquaponics ecosystem which uses the waste created by fish to provide nutrients for plants. The plants then clean the water, which is returned to the fish tank. The system is inexpensive and energy efficient, and is currently being used to grow lemon trees, blueberries, tomatoes, and a host of other healthy foods, making it an ideal solution for areas in desperate need of nutritious food.
Read more about his project here, and read more about the issue of food security and how it relates to Catholic Social Teaching on the ACCU website.
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