Vandals strike school's agricultural program twice in two weeks The school's principal says the most heartbreaking damage was to the Tilapia fish farm. The staff found more than 100 fish dead, killed when vandals dumped the air pump into the water.
June 18, 2013 - WTSP-TV Tampa
Vandals uproot middle school’s urban farm program Someone broke into the Palmetto school's grounds over the weekend and tore apart the agriculture compound. Hydroponic planters were crushed, green house plants were uprooted, and the farm's tilapia pool was wiped out completely.
June 18, 2013 - FOX 5 Washington D.C.
Craig Wallace in BYM News (press release) Tilapia compete with native fish for space and food and can dominate waterways,Mr Wallace said. "Tilapia Terminators will have families, schools and corporate teams competing against each other, vying for the honour of catching and...
Mar Roxas in ABS CBN News Roxas noted that prices of basic commodities have "increased significantly, with chicken already at P120 per kilo, beef brisket at P180 per kilo, pork liempo at P170 per kilo, and bangus and tilapia at P80-P90 per kilo, all of which have increased...
Robert Ackman in Globe and Mail Ten years ago, people wouldn't even know what the word [tilapia] meant,said Robert Ackman, professor emeritus in food science and technology at Dalhousie University, who studied fats and oils in fish. "It's on the tabletops here in Nova...