The Potential for Commercial Implementation and Operation of Aquaponic Urban Farms
Lead Participant:
GROWUP FARMS LIMITED
Abstract
This project will build the UK's first aquaponic urban farm to quantify the economic and environmental potential of sustainable urban farming. Led by GrowUp - a start-up specialising in aquaponic farming - it will use aquaponics in an innovative configuration to exploit a symbiosis between wastestreams of aquaculture and nutrients required for hydroponic plant growth. The consortium's expertise in aquaponics, commercial hydroponics & recirculating aquaculture will allow them to manage and investigate this relationship at scale in an urban location in London. The project will build a prototype to demonstrate scaled urban production, focused on optimised control of growing systems, creating an opportunity for the franchise of a UK global commercial offering in local, urban sustainable intensified agriculture. Consortium partners are GrowUp Urban Farms; I+S Associates; Sterner AquaTech and Arup, including support from the GLA, the London Borough of Newham, Siemens and Plymouth University.
Lead Participant | Project Cost | Grant Offer |
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GROWUP FARMS LIMITED | £817,005 | £ 285,952 |
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Participant |
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OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED | £6,206 | £ 1,551 |
I+S ASSOCIATES LIMITED | £39,385 | £ 13,785 |
STERNER AQUATECH UK LIMITED | £110,650 | £ 38,728 |
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ORCID iD |
Kate Hofman (Project Manager) |