Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

To my way of thinking, that means:
- Sufficient income that does not require income from an outside source. No investments, no grants, no second job.
- Income is derived soley from the production of crops/fish. No seminar fees, no sales of related equipment/books/consulting.

But beyond a 1/2 person operation..... or even at the upper end of such an operation....

You just don't have the time to dedicate to anything outside of the core business...

:shifty: I would have to say that the folks at Friendly AP are making a nice profit and are only going to get bigger.

I guess its debatable as to whether or not they are "commercial" size but I'd argue that they are...and I'd win

Demonstration Systems: A demonstration system shows how the principles of aquaponics work, and is not necessarily a profitable system, or even one that is stable over time. One might see this type of system in a school, for instance, where they wanted to teach aquaponics but could not afford or did not want a system that would require tending. Not everyone needs the 300 pounds of produce and 5 pounds of fish a week a system of a couple hundred square feet can grow. We have built a tabletop demonstration system and use it at public events, but we do not rely on it to grow the food that we eat.

Useful Systems: A useful system is one that pays its operating costs (fish food, electricity, seeds and planting media), We offer plans for three different sizes of systems that satisfy these criteria.........