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Aquaponics in Cusuna
Several weeks ago I was contacted by Travis Moffitt (a Morning Star Fishermen alumni) with Connect Global and asked to travel with them to Honduras as a consultant to help improve on some aquaponics systems they had already established. He told a story about the village of Cusuna and about the Garifuna people who live ...
Fall Internship Begins at Morning Star Fishermen
MSF’s intern program facilitates an opportunity for hands on learning. We have a wide range of internships available, such as: marketing, writing, biology, aquaculture, sustainability ect. We are pleased to introduce our current interns, each of whom will be interning with MSF for one semester. Johnny Miller is a sophomore at Hillsborough Community College studying ...
The “Tree of Life” is Growing at Morning Star Fishermen
Moringa, it has been given the name “tree of life”, and for plenty of reasons. Medicinally, moringa can be used in an extremely vast array of ailments, between headaches and common cold to HIV-AIDS and cancer prevention. It has other non-medicinal uses such as: nutritional food supplements, vegetable oil, erosion control, biogas, and water purification. ...
Aquaponics/Terraponics: How To
TERRAPONICS: HOW TO Here at Morning Star Fishermen, we have developed a new way to grow plants in an aquaponics system, we call it “terraponics”. Most traditional methods for growing plants aquaponically involve net pots, rock wool and hydroton, all of which are difficult to locate and expensive to purchase, especially in third-world countries. ...
“Terraponics” What is it?
At Morning Star fisherman we are always looking for new sustainable methods of food production. One of the difficulties that we have found in duplicating our deep culture floating raft aquaponic system in developing nations is the availability of net-pots, rock-wool or hydroton as a growing media. We have consistently found the availability of good ...
An Earthen Tool for Sustainable Food
Here at Morning Star Fishermen, we are establishing more ways for sustainable food production. Its all about balance. Aquaponics is an ecosystem. Just like in the earth’s ecosystems, worms can be beneficial to aquaponics. Earthworms have been given many nicknames such as: soil scientists and ecosystem engineers. As worms consume organic matter, they leave underground ...
Children in St. Pete Learn Sustainability from Morning Star Fishermen
This past weekend Morning Star Fishermen (MSF), participated in the Sup’n Kids Ocean Crest Experience. An event created for kids and their families to raise awareness of ocean conservation. At this event, children and teens age 6-16 participated in educational stations with activities set up beside the beach. Each station focused on different ways ...
New staff at Morning Star Fishermen Mark Homesteader – Plant Specialist
Mark is a huge asset to the team at Morning Star. He has invested the last 30 years learning to create agrarian based, self-sustainable, off grid, zero waste communities. His skills and traditions range from early primitive cultures to the most modern green technologies. His desire is to restore, preserve and promote the interests of ...
Update from the Morrison’s at Iris Ministries in Malawi, Africa
In May the Morrison family headed to Florida for a few relaxing weeks of sailing, sunning by the beach, and even some time with the Morning Star team. Now approaching nine years and through the guidance and direction of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Morrison’s and their team find themselves making huge strides in their ...
Earthships: The Power Unconventional Ideas
In his book, A Coming of Wizards, Michael Reynolds said four mystical beings, whom he called “wizards,” appeared to him in psychedelic visions and gave him ideas that have guided his work. He wrote that the wizards taught him to “de-normalize” his thinking and tap into his own, personal “energy band.” The source of his vision ...
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