Aquaponics Specialist for a Day
Value: $500
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Description:
Healthy Harvest Fresh is Cultivating Innovation in Agriculture
Get a behind the scenes look into the Healthy Harvest Fresh operation as an Aquaponics Specialist for a Day.
Dive into the amazing world of aquaponics in the Healthy Harvest Fresh facility to work and learn alongside the Fresh Team as they explain the intricacies of this symbiotic system.
Learn the basics of aquaponics, the systems components, and practice some basic tasks of plant and fish care within the system.
Begin to understand the critical nature of water quality and balancing that lifegiving environment for the fish, plants and the beneficial bacteria working within the system.
Observe the fish and their behavior as they feed, react to their environment and identify potential concerns.
Employ Food Safety Standards & protocols that Fresh follows according to the USDA and Va Dept of Agriculture regulations.
Harvest and pack quality produce to be distributed through the 36 pantry partners across the NNK and Upper Middle Peninsula to our friends and neighbors.
Learn about The Healthy Harvest Fresh Farm to School and Grow Fresh Eat Fresh Educational Programming offered as an outreach to the community to help youth and adults alike overcome their struggle with nutrition-related illness, preserve foods and reduce food waste, become more self-sustainable & establish a culture of healthy eating for wellness!
This is the mission, should you choose to accept this challenge???
Contact Healthy Harvest Fresh for scheduling (804) 250-2287.
Get a behind the scenes look into the Healthy Harvest Fresh operation as an Aquaponics Specialist for a Day.
Dive into the amazing world of aquaponics in the Healthy Harvest Fresh facility to work and learn alongside the Fresh Team as they explain the intricacies of this symbiotic system.
Learn the basics of aquaponics, the systems components, and practice some basic tasks of plant and fish care within the system.
Begin to understand the critical nature of water quality and balancing that lifegiving environment for the fish, plants and the beneficial bacteria working within the system.
Observe the fish and their behavior as they feed, react to their environment and identify potential concerns.
Employ Food Safety Standards & protocols that Fresh follows according to the USDA and Va Dept of Agriculture regulations.
Harvest and pack quality produce to be distributed through the 36 pantry partners across the NNK and Upper Middle Peninsula to our friends and neighbors.
Learn about The Healthy Harvest Fresh Farm to School and Grow Fresh Eat Fresh Educational Programming offered as an outreach to the community to help youth and adults alike overcome their struggle with nutrition-related illness, preserve foods and reduce food waste, become more self-sustainable & establish a culture of healthy eating for wellness!
This is the mission, should you choose to accept this challenge???
Contact Healthy Harvest Fresh for scheduling (804) 250-2287.
Healthy Harvest Food Bank, Inc. is recognized as a 501(c) (3) organization by the IRS, EIN 27-3080400.