<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/10/acquaponics-association-conference.php" dsn="news"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>10/23/2025</pubDate><title>At 2025 Aquaponics Association Conference, ﻿ ﻿Innovation Meets Workforce Prep</title><author/><summary>Kentucky State University made a strong showing at the 2025 Aquaponics Association Conference at the University of Maryland.</summary><image><img src="/brand-identity-approved-images/2025%20Aquaponics.jpeg" alt="Placeholder"/></image><caption>Kentucky State University students and specialists build partnerships; $7 million DARE-KY grant expands research network</caption><description>COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Kentucky State University made a strong showing at the 2025 Aquaponics Association Conference at the University of Maryland, where a 10-member delegation from the University’s Aquaponics Lab immersed in workshops, lab tours, and farm visits that connected classroom learning to real-world food production.Led by Janelle Hager, Cooperative Extension state specialist for aquaponics, Kentucky State’s students and staff engaged w...</description></item>