The Aqua Culture

In this episode of the Potcast, we dive into the world of sustainable farming and cannabis: aquaponics. Combining hydroponics and aquaculture, aquaponics uses aquatic animals like fish to create nutrient-rich fertilizer for plants to grow in an environment without soil. It’s an inland, symbiotic farming system that yields two products. Host Ross Rebagliati speaks to Rudi Schiebel and Justin Henry, a couple of guys behind Habitat Life, a craft cannabis producer from Chase, British Columbia that uses decoupled aquaponics to grow both healthy coho salmon and really good cannabis.

This circular, closed-loop system is sustainable and natural, reducing the need for chemical fertilizer and minimizing water waste and pollution.

Innovators in the cannabis space do it because they have a real passion for it. There’s science involved, but growing cannabis is an art.

About Habitat Life (https://www.habitat.life/)

Human beings are not separate from nature or somehow outside of the natural world. We are members of a global ecosystem and share our habitat with an estimated 8.7 million different species of organisms.

The fact we are a part of this natural system is becoming more difficult to ignore as the effects of human caused climate change continue to increase in severity and frequency.

Being a farmer means balancing environmental stewardship with profitability. In rethinking aquaponics technology, Habitat has combined the production of salmon with the cultivation of plants in a way that achieves both.

Habitat has identified aquaponics as a farming approach that, through nutrient and waste recycling, can aid in protecting these resources and meet the sustainable development goals of food production. Habitat’s proprietary know-how and technology connects aquaculture waste streams to integrated hydroponic greenhouse infrastructure inputs resulting in an environmentally sustainable and economically profitable aquaponics system

About Ross.

A Canadian snowboarder who won a gold medal in the men's giant slalom event at the 1998 Winter Olympics. The International Olympic Committee initially stripped him of the medal due to a failed drug test for cannabis use, but was overruled by an appeals court two days later, resulting in the medal being restored.

Since the 1998 Olympics, Rebagliati has become an outspoken advocate and entrepreneur for cannabis. Rebagliati was the subject of full-page coverage in the July 14, 2008, edition of Sports Illustrated, which profiled his life since his Olympic win.

About Ripco Processing.

An innovative company that makes novel, fun and potent cannabis products for medical and recreational users of CBD and THC therapies. Cannabis Innovation. Cannabis has been with humans a very long time. There are some very traditional ways to enjoy it that really can’t be beat. But – they can be matched and even enhanced – in ways that are safer, more discrete, predictable and enjoyable. Ripco is continuously creating new ways to enjoy Canada’s favorite herb – ways that consumers want; ones that can quickly become staples for any type of enthusiast. Ripco Processing has acquired Craft Botanicals, which operates a licensed 1100 square foot Micro Processing facility in Calgary, Alberta. This is a GPP level facility that will be upgraded to GMP, and is Health Canada Licensed.

Our Brands

Stick It - Ripco holds the Canadian rights to this patented product. It infuses pre-rolls with intense cannabinoids and reduces the amount of smoke inhaled. Clean burning and easy to use.

STRIPIT - An amazing thin film product like a breath strip. Dissolves quickly to deliver discrete, rapid effects.

Ross’ Gold - Ripco fully controls the brand of Ross’ Gold products

• Prerolls

• Premium Cannabis

Ovation - RipCo Processing has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Ovation Science Inc., and will be responsible for all regulatory, manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution activities for Ovation’s formulations throughout Canada.

Hosts: Ross Rebagliati & Don Shafer

Guests: Rudi Schiebel (CEO and Founder of Habitat Life), Justin Henry (Aquaculture Advisor, Habitat Life)

Producer: John Masecar
Writer: Jordan Wong

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