Decentralized permaculture farm growing vegetables, mushrooms, medicinal plants, and foraged goods in Fayette County.
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FoodChain
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Indoor aquaponics farm and nonprofit growing tilapia, greens, and herbs to expand fresh food access in Lexington.
FoodChain is a nonprofit founded in 2011 that operates a one-of-a-kind indoor aquaponics farm alongside a teaching kitchen, food literacy programs, and a neighborhood grocery store. The farm raises tilapia, marine shrimp, lettuce, microgreens, and herbs in a deep-water recirculating system housed in a former bread factory. In 2026, FoodChain opened the Neighborhood Green Grocery on Lexington's north side, offering Kentucky-grown produce, local products, pantry staples, and grab-and-go meals, with SNAP, WIC, and Kentucky Double Dollars accepted. It also runs the Nourish Lexington program, which combines direct food access with education, and has been a USDA Summer Food Service Program sponsor since 2019, providing free youth meals. Farm tours, cooking classes, volunteer opportunities, and youth agriculture programs round out its offerings. Learn more on their About Page.
FoodChain's aquaponics farm uses a deep-water recirculating system holding 7,000 gallons of water. Fish waste is converted to plant nutrition through natural nitrification, eliminating the need for chemical or petroleum-based fertilizers. The recirculating design uses 90% less water than traditional irrigated agriculture. A separate marine shrimp system, introduced in 2019, incorporates an aquaponics grow bed in a saline environment and cultivates sea purslane and salicornia alongside the shrimp. Tilapia, lettuce, leafy greens, herbs, and microgreens from the farm are sold directly to restaurant partners. A fish fertilizer program called Poo 4 You allows the public to take home liquid fertilizer from the farm for home garden use.
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