John Calaway (right), executive director of Mission Waco, explains the aquaponics system employed at the nonprofit's Urban Reap facility during a Prosper Way staff tour of the organization's many efforts. Aquaponics is a food production system that couples aquaculture (MW uses fish) along with with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) whereby the nutrient rich aquaculture water is fed to hydroponic grown plants.
