Ok, production is well under way for the first issue of the backyard aquaponics quarterly newsletter.
The biggest problem I have found with aquaponics, especially for people wanting to try experimenting in their backyards, is that information is so hard to get. This is why I started writing the backyard aquaponics manual in the first place, then came the website, this discussion board, and now a regular publication. As aquaponics is still in it's infancy it takes some time for information to trickle out to the general public, but I want to fast track the process.
Aquaponics is going to become an essential component of food production in the future. As natural fish stocks dwindle, and oil prices soar, one day you may HAVE to grow your own if you want to eat fish. Hopefully this will be later rather than sooner, but there's no time like now to learn about aquaponics and how to set up your own systems.
Now aquaponics is for the people, and by the people, to coin a silly phrase, and this is where you come in. A publication like this needs input from many and varied sources, from many countries, climates and situations, otherwise it's polarised and only of use to a few people. I want this to be of use to anybody and everybody who wants to set up an aquaponic system, and it can only be of use to a wide group of people, if a wide group of people are involved with the input in the first place...
So if anyone would like to write a short article for inclusion in the publication here's your chance... Any input would be appreciated, whether it be a short snippet that will fit into a border, or useful information section, right through to long, or even multipart articles.. Want to show off your system with some pictures and a little explanation of how it works, maybe how to weld up a growbed stand, or build a greenhouse, perhaps fish, or worms, or duckweed are your speciality, the options are limitless..
What would you get out of this? Well, the knowledge that your helping others in building their systems, the chance to show the world what you can do, or have done, and the chance to be part of something important...
Initially the publication will be freely available for downloading in a pdf format. Hopefully sometime in the future as interest grows and it becomes more substantial in content, the publication will begin to include some sponsored adverts to help cover costs, and it will have a small subscription fee. However this subscription fee will be wavered for people who input information for the publication. Who knows, perhaps one day it may become popular enough that people can be paid for articles..
So, does anyone have anything they would like to contribute to the first edition? You don't have to be a writer, I know from the discussions I have read here that everyone is quite capable...
I've included the first three pages below to give you an idea of what it will be like, the topics aren't set in stone yet, they are just ideas, apart from the first article that I have already written.
If you have any queries or suggestion please don't hesitate to ask..
Joel
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