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<p><strong>Springworks founder</strong> 20-year-old Trevor Kenkel stands near a crop of basil grown using an aquaponics system that operates in a 6,000 square-foot greenhouse. Kenkel, a Glacier High School graduate, has been interested in aquaponics as a sustainable method of agriculture since building his first system at 14.</p>

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Aquaponics enterprise grows from a youthful hobby into a business
July 17, 2015 9 p.m.

Aquaponics enterprise grows from a youthful hobby into a business

Glacier High School graduate Trevor Kenkel has bounced back from a series of debilitating concussions that took him off the football field and put him behind five 1,200-gallon fish tanks at his East Coast aquaponics farm, Springworks.