A new form of aquaculture, designed for vertical farming, has been patented by an Australian company which uses rocks specifically formed to support a wide variety of microbes to supply nutrients to the food plants grown in the system. Newcastle woman, Lyndal Hugo is the inventor and owner of the company Orlarock. The system has been prototyped in Vietnam in conjunction with the Dutch Business Association of Vietnam. Lyndal Hugo showcased the system at COP26 this week and has received interest from international financiers interested in industrially scaling the solution.
Aussie invents new vertical farm system
by Geoff Ebbs
Geoff Ebbs
Geoff is an author, publisher and performer dedicated to building an independent media. He worked for Australian Consolidated Press as a Packer editor until starting his own media company in the mid-nineties. The Generator started life as a radio show on Byron Bay's Bay FM and continues as an umbrella for the Cage, the Cross and Great Notion. These digital assets have now been shared with EcoRadio.net, a radio show with a similar history.