Recently a friend was telling me about how difficult it was to grown strawberries in his aquaponics system. He didn’t have any success in growing them and was wondering if he was doing something wrong or indeed, if this aquaponics thing was over-hyped? He didn’t have a green thumb...

Here’s a great idea for a Chicken coop built to fit the dimensions of straw bales. A simple four post construction with a raised floor and tin roof is all you need. Both sides of the chicken coop have a temporary straw-bale walls that keeps the coop warm in winter and cool in summer....

  Radial Flow Settlers are a type of filter that removes all the gunk and fish poop that occurs in a recirculated aquaponics system. Handy if you have overstocked your fish tank or over-fed the fish as the water quality suddenly gets murky and is less than pristine.   How does it...

Wondering what Permaculture is all about? Here’s Geoff Lawton speaking and outlining his vision at a TED Talk delivered at Ajman, United Arab Emirates earlier this year. In this 18 minute presentation Geoff explains to his audience how Permaculture works with nature to enrich us all....

From the land that can miniaturize everything, Japan is on its way to revolutionize the way people grow food in small apartments. This miniaturized aquaponics system could double as a home aquarium system that also grows a few lettuce heads in its circular floating raft system. All powered by...

A year after Murray Hallam revealed the plans to build your own aquaponics system in his popular DIY Aquaponics DVD, the photos from aquaponics enthusiasts are now flooding in. Built from easy to get tote tanks (IBC or International Bulk Containers) people all around the world have taken out...

CEREs in Melbourne Australia are looking for a super motivated and entrepreneurial urban farmer to run their small commercial Aquaponic Food Hub system as part of their Food Hub urban farming research project. Do you have what it takes to run a small hi-tec urban farm as a professional farmer...

Geoff Lawton sent us the link to a great little interview he conducted on the Survival Podcast on the elements of Permaculture Mainframe Design. Its worth a listen if you have a lazy hour  to spare. In the podcast, Geoff discuss the big picture of you should consider when looking to buy your...

How can barren fields, degraded forests and grazing lands be reforested without planting a single tree? Is it possible? Well yes, according to Tony Rinaudo and his work with World Vision in regenerating over 30,000 acres in West Africa all with the aid of just a simple pocket knife and a...

Making use of vertical wall space located in a sunny spot is a great way to grow your garden. In fact you don’t need pumps or complicated equipment to start growing your own vegetable garden. As long as you have a consistent amount of sunshine of around 6 hours per day and a collection...

We’re proud to announce in collaboration with Murray Hallam a new instructional DVD we’re currently editing on small scale commercial aquaponics called “Aquaponics for Profit” which should be out later this year. There are two main types of aquaponics systems, floating...

Here’s an interesting art exhibition held last year using a variation of aquaponics or worm tea as the nutrient to feed the plants.  Some people call it Vermi-aquaponics and its a simpler way to feed your plants without fish. The worms in a conventional compost heap create a worm tea, a...