Over the course of the past year or so, I’ve written quite a bit about Sweet Water “Organics”, the urban aquaponics operation that was neither organic (as its name indicated) or successful, as Sweet Water “Organics” closed its doors after…
Building housing Sweet Water “Organics” up for lease
As reported by Katherine Keller of the Bay View Compass, the building that currently houses troubled aquaponics operation Sweet Water “Organics” is up for lease. Commercial Realty Advisors, LLC has listed the space occupied by Sweet Water Organics, 2151 S.…
Sweet Water “Organics” fails to create jobs, must repay loan from City of Milwaukee (EDITED)
Ed. Note: Edited to reflect the fact that the folks at SWO want the job creation conditions contained in their original loan with the City of Milwaukee removed before the loan is transferred to the non-profit Sweet Water Foundation. Why…
USDA: Sweet Water “Organics” cannot claim its produce is organic
Those of you who are regular readers of Blogging Blue may remember a series of articles I wrote about Sweet Water Organics (SWO), the Bay View-based aquaponic fish and vegetable farm. In those articles, I attempted to draw attention to…
Bay View Compass: Scrutiny reveals troubled Sweet Water
Michael Timm, writing for the Bay View Compass, has an excellent writeup about Sweet Water “Organics,” the Bay View aquaponic farm that has proven to be long on claims of its viability and profitability but short on actual proof of…
Some simple answers from someone at Sweetwater “Organics” would have been nice
Earlier this year I asked a series of questions about SWO’s job creation numbers and profitability (or lack thereof, thus far) and I noted that despite its claim to be organic – the word “Organic” is right there in the…
Sweet Water Organics – not really organic
Back in March and April, I wrote two entries about Sweet Water Organics (SWO) questioning how many jobs SWO has really created since receiving a $250,000 forgivable loan from the City of Milwaukee and questioning whether Sweet Water Organics was…
JSOnline picks up Sweet Water Organics story
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve asked some questions about the health and practices of Sweet Water Organics (SWO) and the folks involved in that company. Tom Daykin of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting on Sweet Water Organics…
Two more questions about Sweet Water Organics
Last week I asked some questions about the finances and “job creation” efforts of Milwaukee’s Sweet Water Organics (SWO). As a followup to that original entry, I wanted to delve into two issues that I felt weren’t germane to the…
Some questions about Sweet Water Organics
Sweet Water Organics – job creators? In 2011, Sweet Water Organics, an aquaponic fish and vegetable farm located in Bay View, received a $250,000 forgivable loan from the City of Milwaukee. Under the terms of the loan, if Sweet Water…