Programs

  • Aquaponics Innovation Center

    SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES AQUAPONIC SYSTEMS TO COMMUNITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING FOOD INSECURITY, DEVELOPING LOCALIZED FOOD DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS, AND PROVIDING EDUCATION ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE METHODS. AQUAPONICS SYSTEMS COMBINE AQUACULTURE (RAISING AQUATIC ANIMALS) AND HYDROPONICS (CULTIVATING PLANTS IN WATER), ALLOWING USERS TO GROW PRODUCE WITH 90% LESS LAND AND WATER WHILE ELIMINATING POLLUTION FROM AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF, REDUCING HABITAT DESTRUCTION, AND ELIMINATING CHEMICAL POLLUTION AND PESTICIDES. THE AQUAPONICS INNOVATION CENTER SERVES AS A FACILITY FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PROVIDING SUSTAINABLE PRODUCE TO LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES. THE MODULAR AQUAPONICS RESPONSE KIT (M.A.R.K.) IS CONSTRUCTED IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO INCREASE FOOD SYSTEM AUTONOMY.OUR AQUAPONICS INNOVATION CENTER WAS USED TO GROW SUSTAINABLE PRODUCE FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. WE PARTNER WITH INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES, SALVATION ARMY ESCONDIDO, AND FOUNDRY FOOD PANTRY TO DISTRIBUTE OUR PRODUCE TO THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST.- GREW AND DONATED 2,413 POUNDS OF SUSTAINABLY GROWN PRODUCE (>20,000LBS ALL TIME)- PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 1,922 MEALS TO FOOD INSECURE COMMUNITY MEMBERS (~15,930 ALL TIME)- SERVED 640 FOOD SINECURE INDIVIDUALS (5,304 ALL TIME)- SAVED THE EQUIVALENT OF 39,090 SQUARE FEET OF LAND SPACE COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL AG. (324,000 ALL TIME)- SAVED 20,500 GALLONS OF WATER COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL AG. (170,000 ALL TIME)COMMUNITY BASED CONSERVATION: THE PROGRAM HELPS PEOPLE AND NATURE PROSPER BY PROVIDING FUEL EFFICIENT PATSARI STOVES TO REPLACE TRADITIONAL OPEN-FIRE COOKSTOVES IN COMMUNITIES AROUND THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY BIOSPHERE RESERVE IN MEXICO. THE PATSARI STOVE CHANNELS TOXIC SMOKE OUT OF THE HOME SO FAMILIES CAN BREATHE CLEAN AIR WHILE REDUCING FUEL USE AND CARBON EMISSIONS. THE PROGRAM EMPOWERS COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES THAT POSITIVELY IMPACT COMMUNITY HEALTH AND THE CONSERVATION OF LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS. THE VERIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS PRODUCED FROM THE PROGRAM ARE MONETIZED ON THE VOLUNTARY CARBON MARKET TO FUND IMPLEMENTATION.THE FOLLOWING ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE ACHIEVED IN 2024:- 1,747 FUEL-EFFICIENT STOVES CONSTRUCTED FOR FAMILIES LIVING IN AND AROUND THE MBBR (14,800 ALL TIME)- 8,735 NEW INDIVIDUALS BENEFITING FROM PATSARI STOVES (74,000 ALL TIME)- SAVED THE BIOMASS EQUIVALENT OF 5,748 TREES (48,692 ALL TIME)- REDUCED 9,084 METRIC TONS OF CO2 EMISSIONS (128,210 ALL TIME)
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
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    $1.2M