Chad Kortz : What America (CA specificlly) Needs More Of @ Aquaculture Spine

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News Article Review;
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Rural schools cultivate modern agriculture classes
By Bill Glauber
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
(MCT)
FREEDOM, Wis. - If Chad Kortz gets his way, the Friday fish fry might
never be the same.
Kortz aims to deliver farm-raised yellow perch to the masses. He's just
19 and years from realizing his dream. But every dream has a start.
And for Kortz, the dream starts here, in a converted milk house on his
uncle's farm. From a bunch of old plastic barrels and tanks, Kortz has
created a 1,500-gallon recirculating aquaculture system.
There's a Rube Goldberg quality to the operation: gurgling water,
filters that look like plastic toys and a bucketful of fish food
pellets. But it works. Once a year, since 2003, Kortz has harvested as
many as 700 fish, filleting, vacuum-packing and selling them to
neighbors.
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It goes on to explain the influence Kortz has had on the community,
like education. That is the kind of guts and vision this country,to
include CA, needs a hella lot more of. My cyber hat's off to Chad
Kortz - and the good folks at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for the story.
May the Aquaculture effort produce a good 2007 fortune for him, and
more important for the rest of us --
may our oceans and rivers catch even a tiny break from human abuse,
maybe, maybe this one effort marks a change in the economic attitude of
this great land. Happy New Year!