So I sat back recently and looked at the time it takes to plant seeds, transplant, grow, control insects, harvest etc. I would often spend hours for what in the end is really only a few dollars worth of vegies and fish.

Novaris if we put everything into a $ value then we would probably do almost nothing,

Novaris if we put everything into a $ value then we would probably do almost nothing, I don't expect a big return from AP, time spent a week tinkering would no way make it viable, but it's a hobby, how much actual money do Model builders or stamp and coin collectors or snow skiers spend following their hobby, I grow veggies AP style for the convenience and taste, veggies from the supermarkets are that modified they taste nothing like they use to, only us middle aged people can remember what they should taste like, HP veggies taste like chemical, the fish are a bonus and a pleasure to grow, what cost is AP? once you have the infrastructure then about $20 a month for power, $150 per year for fish food, few dollars for seeds or a few more fore seedlings about $150 per year for fish, so around $500 a year for a good supply of fish and veggies, I don't count infrastructure as that to me is something you can sell at near what it cost to build, for outlay of $500 I got back approx $500 worth of fish, who knows what in veggies, but the veggies are worth far more for the quality, add my time of at least 10 hours a week at say $25 per hour (cheap gardener) then it adds $13,000 to the the cost of production, so you would never make it pay, really not all time is money again it is a hobby and not a chore, for me anyhow

Yeah wages are over inflated and oil is still too damn cheap. While it's feasible to import fresh snow peas from China, there's something very wrong.