Marine Education Initiative Inc

Aquaponics food security & education program: aquaponics is a food production system that couples aquaculture (raising fish) with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) whereby the nutrient-rich aquaculture water is fed to hydroponically-grown plants. Aquaponics can grow a tremendous amount of food with a fraction of the water as well as land that is normally utilized in soil-based agriculture. Produce can be grown locally in our communities, providing access to nutritious food, creating jobs, and eliminating the huge carbon footprint associated with transporting food long distances. Our aquaponics program provides hundreds of meals weekly by delivering fresh produce grown in our aquaponics center in addition to educating thousands of youth in south florida about the environmental benefits of sustainable agriculture every year.

Lend a hand bahamas:hurricane relief program: after hurricane matthew struck the bahamas in 2016, we decided to assist our community partners in the bahamas and the many communities impacted. This effort began with hurricane matthew during 2016 in freeport and nassau, and then onto hurricane irma during 2017 in st. John, virgin islands and the florida keys. In 2019, hurricane dorian, a category 5 hurricane, struck abaco and freeport, bahamas. Both of these islands were locations that we have offered our responsible angling education programs, thus we once again began to send support. We will continue to use our network to encourage others to support relief efforts following these devastating storms especially towards specific marine related initiatives.