Adam Cohen is the founder of Green Phoenix Farms, an aquaponics business in Dallas, TX that offers aquaponics trainings to the public, YouTube videos, custom systems design and installation, and support for local non-profits and schools using aquaponics as a tool for both income-generation and education. Having a background in aquaculture and marine biology, Adam began his passion in aquaponics as a math and science teacher looking for project-based learning to give kids hands-on experience in problem-solving and "watch the light turn on" in their eyes. Green Phoenix Farms has helped 12 schools in 2 years adopt and build aquaponic systems as part of their curriculum development, in what Adam refers to as “STEAM” education, a phrase “shamelessly borrowed" from Glenn Martinez of Olomana Gardens in Hawaii. (Instead of STEM education, STEAM stands for Science Technology Engineering Agriculture and Mathematics). Green Phoenix Farms is also helping local non-profits adopt aquaponic systems as a way to generate 60 to 70% of the revenue they need to run themselves instead of being dependent on donations or outside grants and income. Vote to help GPF get a $100,000 grant from Mission Mainstreet Grants here: https://www.missionmainstreetgrants.com/b/43473 This will allow GPF to act as a 3rd party donor to the community and get more aquaponic systems built in schools, non-profits, and NGOs serving the local community with food, revenue, re-skilling and training for the homeless, and more! This is Part 1 of a series involving talk about aquaponics in schools, fish, greenhouses, system design, and business skills!
