Assisted Brent Cornett and his family in adding an aquaponics system to their farm. We first visited Food Web in Lexington to  get ideas on how to produce lettuce in a hydroponic system using tilapia waste as fertilizer. We then contacted Kentucky State University's aquaculture program and toured their facility. After the initial meeting KSU sent some researchers to the Cornet farm. In a joint effort between the local horticulture agent, KSU and the Cornetts a small aquaponics system is set up in  a greenhouse on the farm. 

Ultimately the lettuce and tilapia will be sold in the cafe at Cornett's Farm Fresh. This system provides fresh healthy food with a minimal impact on the environment. In this system the tilapia are raised in tanks, the tilapia waste is then used as  fertilizer for the lettuce grown ion float beds. A farm to table system in in place.