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The History of Alternative Farming
Earliest forms of aquaponics were found to be used by the ancient Aztec who lived in Central Mexico T2,TI1
A British scientist, Sir Francis Bacon, published his research on soilless gardening and sparked the wave of research into hydroponics. T5,TI2
John Woodward, a english scientist, conducted experiments involving growing spearmint in various water solutions and found that plants grew better in less pure water than distilled water. T5,TI3
Hydroponics began to gain popularity in the US. T4,TI4
Berkeley scientists Dennis Hoagland and Daniel Arnon published the book "The Water Culture Method for Growing Plants without Soil” which is considered one of the most important text about hydroponics T5,TI5
The first commercial use of hydroponics to grow beans, tomatoes, and vegetables were used as refuel stop for Pan-Am Airways staff and crew. T5,TI6
Greenhouses with hydroponic systems began to expand significantly in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and parts of the US T6,TI7
Dr. James Rakocy from the University of Virgin Island began research on using plants as a natural filter within aquaponic systems T6,TI8
Oil prices increases and the cost of controlled environment agriculture increases, leading to many bankruptcies and the decrease in the use of hydroponics. T6,TI9
Professor Doug Sanders and Mark McMurtry created the closed loop aquaponic system which recirculated nutrients back into the fish tanks T8,TI10
NASA funds a project about a small aeroponic operation system growing the aeroponic movement. T7,TI11
Dr. James Rakocy and his fellow colleagues developed the use of deep water hydroponic growing beds in a large scale aquaponics system. T8,TI12
