In 2010, Alex Currier graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in philosophy and did the next most obvious thing for someone with his pedigree. Currier shipped off to Costa Rica to intern on a permaculture farm.
It was there that he was introduced to aquaponics — a synergetic system of agriculture that grows produce through an efficient feedback-loop between fish, plants and water. No soil required. The practice is rooted in ideas of permaculture, a guiding ecological agriculture system for survivalists, back-to-the-landers, environmental designers and food systems advocates.
