Aquaponics

Overview

Join this Aquaponics course from Warnborough College and learn this intensive way of farming that can be conducted anywhere:

• It can produce a great deal more food products per unit of area than more traditional forms of farming.

• It diversifies the income for a grower, making them more resilient to fluctuations in income (e.g. when vegetables are in less demand, fish might be in higher demand. If fish profits drop, vegetable profits may increase).

• It can be viable on any scale, small scale set ups in small home garden can provide for the needs of a single family, while medium size operations on less than a quarter acre can be a viable small business, and large scale operations on many acres, even hundreds of acres can form the heart of a larger business enterprise.

• It can allow food to be produced closer to the end user in areas otherwise unsuited to farming (e.g. in a desert, in inland city areas, etc.). This reduces food miles, expenditure of fuel on food transport, reduces potential pollution, and in turn increases the freshness of food arriving at market.

• It can be more efficient use of water where water resources are limited.

• It can be environmentally friendly, containing and reusing waste, rather than returning it to the environment, and causing pollution.