Simply put; Aquaponics is a growing system that combines the rising of Freshwater Aquatic animals such as fish, prawns, and crabs in tanks along with Vegetables/plants in soilless grow beds.

This system is very ancient and has developed in many styles for today’s world, which makes the farming method extremely exciting due to its ability to;

• Produces both aquatic food and vegetable crops in the same grow house.
• Efficient, sustainable, and highly productive.
• Use 1/6th of the water to grow 8 times more food per acre compared to traditional agriculture!
• All-natural fertilizer source from fish waste.
• No reliance on manufactured fertilizers.
• Produces are free of pesticides and herbicides
• Fish are free of growth hormones and antibiotics.
• Allows continuous production of food.
• Is sustainable and earth-friendly, low carbon footprint
• Eliminating soil eliminates soil-borne diseases.
• When combined with a Controlled Environment, you can grow year-round in any climate

“Together We Can Grow” Commercial Aquaponics systems are not just about Aquaponics, but a Eco farming practise

Why are we using Aquaponics?

Together We Can grow, believe that out of all the different community development food & income projects, Aquaponics makes the greatest impact for us.

The basic reason to use an Aquaponics system:

• Produce food source without soil
• Efficient, sustainable and highly productive.
• All food grow can are completely organic
• Can grow all year round with inside systems
• Number of sources on Income from the one farm
• Creates Food security and food independence
• Plants grow fast than conventional

The main reason for Together We Can Grow is at a commercial level these other benefits are more important:

• Employment
• Good income source
• Training in Horticulture, Aquaculture, Aquaponics and Hydroponics
• Business opportunities for family groups
• Self-funding & Self determination
• Micro-financing opportunities to other community families

This is what a TWCG Aquaponics Farm is:

“It is said that Commercial Aquaponics farms are not profitable and are costly to set up. NOT TRUE!”

Most Commercial Aquaponics farms are based on vegetable production being the primary source of revenue and fish being the second source of revenue.

Together We Can Grow farm projects are guiding by two principals when build a Aquaponics system;

1. The Commercial Aquaponics system must be built around fish production and ensuring fish production cost will leave a 70 to 100% profit margin from fish sales.
2. That the Aquaponics system built around having the ability to value add to the project, to create a self sustainable system and create other revenue sources.

Please view the image to show how a good project should look like

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