This application relates to a water culture block for growing aquatic plants. In one aspect, the water culture block includes a block body which includes a bottom plate and a plurality of side plates formed perpendicular to the bottom plate and having openings, the body block having an accommodation space formed therein. The water culture block may also include an overflow partition wall which is formed in the inner space of the block body so as to be perpendicular to the bottom plate, accommodates a plurality of holes passing through the bottom plate, and ensures that fluid overflowing from the block body is uniformly discharged through the plurality of holes.

The present invention relates to a decoupled aquaponics system comprising an aquaculture portion (1) and an agriculture portion (2). the aquaculture portion (1) comprising a farming pond (101) filled with water that has a salinity of greater than 2 g/l. and an aquaculture loop for circulating water in the aquaculture portion. The system further comprises a device for collecting water. allowing the extraction of water from the aquaculture portion (1). The agriculture portion (2) comprises a device for the soil-less cultivation of plants. and an irrigation system containing a nutrient solution that is supplied to the device for soil-less cultivation. The aquaponics system also comprises a buffer tank (3). the device for collecting water being configured to discharge water collected from the aquaculture portion (1) into the buffer tank (3). The aquaponics system further comprises a tank for preparing the nutrient solution. said tank for preparing the nutrient solution being at least partially supplied with water from the buffer tank (3). The invention also relates to a process for farming aquatic animals and for cultivating plants in an aquaponics system.

An aquaponic greenhouse is described comprising at least one hydroponic planter, at least one aquatic tank configured to support aquatic life, an irrigation system linking the at least one hydroponic planter and said at least one aquatic tank; a biofilter configured to process waste from the aquatic life to be used to provide nutrients to plants in the at least one hydroponic planter, a geothermal heat exchange system; and a hydronic radiant flooring system.

A method and equipment for plant cultivation, where the plants are supplied with water, over irrigation phases of specific duration spread over a 24 h day, which water has a given content of dissolved oxygen, characterized in that use is made of a system for boosting the injection of oxygen (or of an oxygen-containing gas mixture) in the irrigation water over a first period, of given duration, of one or some of the irrigation phases in question, and in that the remainder of the time of said irrigation phase(s) in question is characterized by a content of dissolved oxygen in the water which is nominal, i.e. lower than the boosted content of the first period.

A system for breaking down debris in a plant-supporting medium. The system includes a masticator device for breaking down the debris by a plurality of brushes. The system further includes a tumbler device fluidly coupled to the masticator device, configured to rotate and spray water to clean the plant-supporting medium and remove the debris.

A grow field configured to support plant or crop cultivation, the grow field having a first end, a second end, a bottom surface and a boundary wall, a first reservoir proximate to the first end of the grow field, wherein the first reservoir is configured to produce a waste nutrient stream, a second reservoir proximate to the second end of the grow field, wherein the second reservoir is configured to act as a settling tank for the produced waste nutrient stream; an Artificial Intelligence (AI) unit in connection with the grow field, reservoirs for providing a feedback for improving a growth rate of the cultivated plants or crops; and a controller in communication with the AI unit for receiving and processing output signals from at least one sensor and sending an assessment of a plurality of monitored parameters to the AI unit, based on the processed output signals.

An aquaponics system includes a hydroponic system coupled to an aquaculture system, the aquaculture system including a fish tank, a digestor assembly, a media bed, and a fill tank. The digestor assembly includes a skimmer tank and digestor tank. Water flows from the fish tank to the skimmer tank, with solids sinking in the skimmer tank and the separated water flowing to the media bed. The solids may then be released into the digestor tank, the digestor tank including an aeration stone, air pump, and an electric pump for churning fish waste contents. Resulting soil amendments may be dispensed through a spigot. Water filters through the media bed into the fill tank and then to the grow racks. Once the water passes through the hydroponic system, the remaining water returns to the fill tank from one or more sump tanks of the hydroponic system.

A method of designing and operating a coupled aquaponics system comprising (i) a hydroponic production system comprising one or more plant beds, (ii) an aquaculture production system comprising one or more fish rearing tanks, and (iii) one or more biofilters each coupled in parallel to a water pump system for scalable yield and management is disclosed. A coupled aquaponics system is also disclosed.

A controlled environment agriculture system and method are described, in which the system is modular and configured for retrofit location in a pre-existing building structure. The system comprises one or more multi-modal farm modules, or each multi-modal farm module comprising an aquaculture module, a plant production module, a mushroom production module and a waste regeneration module. The aquaculture module, plant production module, mushroom production module and waste regeneration module are coupled together and operatively associated to form a process loop, whereby at least one output from the aquaculture module forms an input into the plant production module, at least one output from the plant production module forms an input into the mushroom production module, at least output from the mushroom production module forms an input into the waste regeneration module, and at least one output from the waste regeneration module forms an input into the aquaculture module