Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

I've been tossing the idea around for quite sometime. I have postponed my Phillip Island trip for various reasons and was thinking instead of traveling down (for me) to St Croix to take in a week long AP course. I'm soliciting sponsorship....just kidding.

Any AP'ers interested in the journey? It might be a life changing event!!

Who runs the course Michael. I went to the lecutres out here that had all the experts at then and quite frankly I would not be travelling far to see it. Iteresting. but not overly helpful for the backyard setup.

This is the UVI course in St Croix....by James Rackocy.

He spoke at the lectures out here. Very, very interesting - but was of course all about the massive raft systems they hyave built at the uni. I haven't really been able to apply any of the learnings, though this course you speak of will be longer (he spoke for about 1.5-2hours at the lectures) and therefore there is bound to be more that you can get from it.

Yea, the dwc is good for lettuce. I really wish there was a commercial AP system in a greenhouse that's closer. I contact Kirby Peak Ranch here in California and the greenhouse manager said they were not fully operational....it's been 5 years since the place was built!!!!!!! Anyway, I am desperate to work with and see a succesfull operation that is close to commercial. I would get to work hands on with thier system. My problem is I feel I have reached a plateau with this stuff where I am trying to gain more specific knowledge and apllicable experience.

The UVI course wouldn't be that far for me, but the odds of me getting a week free from the family are slim to none.

Is it this one you are talking about? If so, it is in June...
http://rps.uvi.edu/AES/Aquaculture/UVIShortCourse.html

that's it Janet. Have to register by end of May