By Ruvesen Naidoo Makhanda farmer Curt Henderson has successfully adopted a farming technique known as aquaponics, using the waste of fish as the main source of nutrients for his plants. Henderson is the owner of RCR Aquaponics, which he founded in August 2022 in a bid to build a sustainable and cost-effective organic farm. The business is “a marriage of my two passions for water and plants,” he says. He uses tilapia and catfish, which are housed individually but placed in containers within the plantation of the plants he grows. This container then breaks down the fish waste with the…
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