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Tilapia in a garbage bin 2

Tilapia in the Bronx

This tilapia is one of the largest Toole has grown at The Point in Hunts Point, the Bronx.

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Christopher Toole and kids at The Point

Tilapia in the Bronx

Urban farmer Christopher Toole teaches children how to grow fish and vegetables at The Point in Hunts Point.

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Garbage bin for fish

Tilapia in the Bronx

This garbage bin is one of the places Christopher Toole raises tilapia in the South Bronx.

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Urban farmer Christopher Toole

Tilapia in the Bronx

Christopher Toole quit his job in banking and devoted himself to urban farming in the Bronx.

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Christopher Toole's notes on his fish farm

Tilapia in the Bronx

Christopher Toole saved the original notes he made after quitting his job as a banker to become an urban farmer.

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Student tends aquaponic garden

Tilapia in the Bronx

A student at The Point in Hunts Point tended a garden fed by waste from tank-bred tilapia.

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Tilapia in the Bronx

This tilapia is one of the largest Toole has grown at The Point in Hunts Point, the Bronx.

PHOTO CREDIT DNAinfo/Jon Schuppe

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