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    Tank to Table?

    Decatur Metro | September 12, 2010

    Hmmm.  From the front page of Sunday’s AJC…

    When Atlanta gardeners pick their pumpkins and gourds next month by hand, landscaper Brian Barth will harvest his bounty by net.

    Barth has raised more than 100 tilapia and a dozen catfish in a 1,200-gallon tank in a Decatur backyard, his first adventure in aquaculture.

    Unlike vegetables, there’s no weeding or watering. Unlike chickens, there’s no clucking or running away. The tank’s churning water soothes by sound and promise. Barth knows exactly where his protein will come from.

    “I really think this is the next thing in urban food farming,” said Barth, 31, whose Tree of Life Ecological Services installs edible landscapes. “I can see this in basements or office buildings. Restaurants have always had fish in huge tanks. It will be tank to table.”

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