The earth produced plant life: plants yielding seeds, each according to its kind, and trees bearing fruit ​with seeds inside it, each according to its kind. And God saw how good it was.
Genesis 1:12

What is Aquaponics?
Aquaponics is the integration of re-circulating fish culture with  hydroponic plant production.  Where nutrient rich waste water is used to grow plants. Once the plants have utilized the nutrients, the water is returned to the fish as clean water and the perpetual cycle begins again.
Benefits of Aquaponics
  1. Aquaponics produces both fish and organic vegetables, in a natural ecosystem that can either feed you and your family or scaled up to feed a community. Even if you haven’t farmed or gardened extensively, you can grasp this simple way to grow food. Unlike hydroponics and managing chemical inputs and fertilizer, the natural ecosystem of an aquaponics system makes aquaponics easier to manage. 
  2. Aquaponics uses only a fraction of the water used in conventional farming and can use even less if you collect rain water to add to your system. Aquaponic farmers are not dependent on huge amounts of water as are conventional in-ground farmers and it does not have the same environmental impact of tremendous water consumption and waste. 
  3. Aquaponics can also grow more produce compared to produce grown conventionally in the ground. Vegetables usually grow significantly faster, and at three to four times the density, without ever depleting the nutrients. Its soil counterpart depletes nutrients with every planting and farmers struggle to replace them with synthetic fertilizers. 
  4. Another huge benefit of aquaponic growing is that it grows 100% chemical free, all natural produce.  If any chemical or synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers are used, the fish could die, effectively killing your system. 
  5. Aquaponics energy usage is from 70% to 92% less than a conventional or organic farm. All energy used is electrical, so alternate energy systems such as solar, wind, and hydroelectric can be used to power an aquaponic farm 100%. 
  6. In aquaponics, there is no soil, weeds, soil pests or pathogens. Thus, there is no labor required for tilling, cultivating, fertilizer spreading, compost shredding, manure spreading, plowing cover crops in, or irrigating. Seeding, planting and most harvesting can be done standing and working at waist level. 
  7. Food grown aquaponically tastes better than conventionally or hydroponically grown food. Perhaps it is the simplicity and natural way it works. With no chemicals to alter or mask the vegetable’s true taste, it simply tastes better. 
  8. There’s also great tasting fish! You can consume and sell your fish with the knowledge of the conditions they were raised in and without hormones or antibiotics. Tilapia contains all nine essential amino acids, there is is an excellent choice for meeting your daily protein needs. ​

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