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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Wisconsin is doing a nice job of coordinating their aquaponics industry. There is a proposal to try and create a regional group to share resources. Perhaps we can create some of our own lists here in Ohio.
Information is the key to success. I’m going to try and attend their next conference call (open to everyone) to get some ideas. Anyone else interested?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Laura<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Laura Tiu, PhD Aquaculture Extension Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">740-289-2071 x.121 Office | 800-297-2072 x. 121 Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">tiu.2@osu.edu <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Wisconsin<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>AQUAPONIC FARMS & SUPPLIERS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Demonstration<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nelson and Pade, Inc., Montello, WI 53949 See weblink under Production Farm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Pilot Projects<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Grow Local LLC, Neenah, WI
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/thelocalgrow">https://www.facebook.com/thelocalgrow</a>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Family Farms<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Natural Green Farms, Racine WI
<a href="http://naturalgreenfarms.com/">http://naturalgreenfarms.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Production Farms<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Central Greens LLC Milwaukee WI <a href="http://www.milwaukeeaquaponics.com/">http://www.milwaukeeaquaponics.com/</a>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Growing Power, Milwaukee, WI
<a href="http://growingpower.org/">http://growingpower.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Aqua Terra Farms, Bristol, WI
<a href="http://aquaterrafish.com/">http://aquaterrafish.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Future Farm, Baldwin, WI
<a href="http://afuturefarm.com/">http://afuturefarm.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">KP Simply Fresh, North Freedom, WI
<a href="http://kpsimplyfresh.com/">http://kpsimplyfresh.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nelson and Pade, Inc., Montello, WI <a href="http://aquaponics.com/">http://aquaponics.com/</a>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">North Star Homestead Farms, Hayward, WI
<a href="http://www.northstarhomestead.com/">http://www.northstarhomestead.com/</a>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Some Wisconsin training opportunities:
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Come to Milwaukee and learn how to build your own system at a Growing Power's
<a href="http://www.growingpower.org/workshops.htm" target="_blank">workshop. </a>
<a href="http://www.growingpower.org/aquaponics.htm">http://www.growingpower.org/aquaponics.htm</a> Milwaukee Headquarters: 5500 W. Silver Spring Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53218, Tel. 414.527.1546 / Fax 414.527.1908 or Chicago Projects Office: 3333 S. Iron Street,
Chicago, IL 60608, Tel. 773.376.8882 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Jesse Blom - Milwaukee Director of Sweet Water Foundation shared some information about
<a href="http://www.aquapons.info">www.aquapons.info</a> , their new online, badge-based aquaponics training program. Sweet Water AQUAPONS is an online learning platform for practitioners of aquaponics. This open-source website allows learners to accrue a
series of digital “badges. These badge acquisitions are aimed at broadening a healthy aquaponic farm industry. He asked our support group to take a look at this on-line training site and provide him with comments at
<a href="mailto:jesseblom@gmail.com">jesseblom@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nelson and Pade, Inc. offers numerous workshops, a Job Shadow program and an Extended Stay Learning Program. Details are available at:
<a href="http://aquaponics.com/page/workshops-and-training">http://aquaponics.com/page/workshops-and-training</a><br>
Nelson and Pade, Inc., offers workshops and training courses on aquaponics and controlled environment agriculture. Rebecca Nelson and John Pade have been doing aquaponics since the early 1990's and controlled environment agriculture since the mid 1980's. They
have had individuals from 30 countries and 29 US states attend their training programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">We have quarterly support group conference calls. You are very welcome to join us!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The next conference call is scheduled for
<b>January 28, 2014</b> – 10 - 11:30am<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Conference call in number: (630) 424-2356, Passcode 6550 444#<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:maroon">Christine F Lilek - CPG , PG</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
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</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy">Office of Business Support, Science & Sustainability (OBSSS)<br>
Agribusiness Sector Development Specialist<br>
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources<br>
N7725 Hwy 28, Horicon, WI 53032<br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Shell Dlg";color:teal">phone:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black">(920) 387-7898</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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