Myles Harston

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  The aquaculture and aquaponics systems used at Byron High school consist of a combination of the small commercial and large commercial systems designed by Myles Harston of AquaRanch Industries, LLC., Gridley, IL.

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  Presentations include: "Overview of Organic Agriculture Research at WIU" by Joel Gruver, assistant professor of soil science and coordinator of the WIU Allison Farm; "Transitioning to Organic and Large-Scale Production Strategies" by Jack Erisman, the owner of a 2,200-acre organic grains and livestock farm in Pana (IL), which is the largest organic farm in the state; "Organic Grain Markets" by Roger Hendricker, manager of Clarkson Grain and organic farmer, Beardstown (IL); "Organic Popcorn Production and Marketing" by Gene Mealhow, owner and producer of K&K Tiny but Mighty Popcorn inShellsburg (IA); and "Aquaculture/Aquaponics" by Myles Harston, founder And owner of AquaRanch Industries in Flanagan (IL).

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  Mr. Harston [of AquaRanch Industries] has provided valuable information that has helped our program become successful and one of the most productive in the area!"
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  To: Myles Harston, AquaRanch Industries, Ringger Foods Aquaculture Divison

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  Myles Harston 309-208-5230HorsesForSale Coordinator:myles@aquaranch.com

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  By Myles Harston

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  Myles Harston is doing well growing and marketing herbs in his Gridley, IL., greenhouses.That's nothing unusual.What is unusual is what's under the rows of parsley, chives, and other plants.Not soil, but fish.
  
  Harston is among a handful of Illinoisans involved in aquaponics, a phenomenon so new the term doesn't even appear in most dictionaries.But Harston and others in the state believe it could be very big some day.
  
  "There is no significant industry at this point," Harston said.
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  Harston grows parsley, chives, basil, and oregano and does well.He said that with the right set-up, producers can get as much as $4 to $6 per square foot per month.
  
  "You can get 10 times the value of fish with culinary herbs," Harston said."There is one producer in Arkansas who sold $90,000 worth of chives last year, but didn't sell $10,000 in fish."
  
  He noted a Boston producer who sold $1.3 million in herbs and $30,000 in fish.
  
  Plants such as herbs can draw all of their nutrient needs from the fish water, while others require some additional input.That would include tomatoes, which are the most common plant grown in hydroponics operations.
  
  "There is not significant industry in Illinois at this point," Harston said."But I think it's going to have to happen.There is incredible potential here."
  
  A few other commercial aquaponics operations in Illinois besides Harston's include a tomato business and a high school ag class that raises decorative greenery and tilapia.

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  Myles Harston, who oversees Ringger Food's Aquaculture division (AquaRanch Industries, LLC), specializes in recirculating systems that use herb "crops" to help filter and recycle water for fish and fish wastes to nourish plants.
  
  Harston said many herbs today are even more profitable than tilapia or other aquatic species, because of the renewed interest in gourmet cooking.
  
  "Fresh herbs bring a lot more money than dried herbs," he noted.
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  Harston has tapped his grain experience to bring cost-efficiency to aquaculture: Rather than selling expensive troughs for aquaponics, he adapts steel grain bin rings lined with non-toxic PVC plastic.
  
  Liners can be used in both fresh- and salt-water operations (see accompany story: "Hog Houses Possible Aquaculture Option").Harston has sold equipment to a Maine salmon company and to the National Marine Service in Seattle, which raises both salmon and cod.
  
  Agri-Covers, which was acquired by Ringger Foods about four years ago, made the transistion to aquaculture in large part because of a shift in federal policy.
  
  "I've been around fish all my life," Harston said.

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  AquaRanch , Myles HarstonLocated not too far from Stelle is a very successful closed loop fish/greenhouse system.Myles raises thousands of pounds of tilapia (fish) a year and runs their nutrient rich water (polluted water?) through his 12,000 square foot greenhouse where he raises fresh basil for the Chicago ,Whole Foods' markets and beyond.

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