A while back I received this letter… Dear Sylvia,  Thank you for your aquaponics advocacy and for writing Aquaponic Gardening, which I am about half way through. It is a great introduction!  My wife and I will probably buy our first system from you.  I am in my due diligence stage and have a lot [...]

This past week I attended and gave two presentations on Aquaponics at the Aquaculture America Conference in Las Vegas.  Ed Aneshansley from the Aquaculture Engineering Society pulled together a group of five aquaponics folks and gave us two topics apiece with 15 minutes each in which to present them.  I was given “Beginner and Hobbyist [...]

When I was a member of the team that developed the AeroGarden (2003 – 2009), our entire design focus could be summed up in one thought – We were taking hydroponics out of the closet by creating a system that was sufficiently attractive and functional to earn an esteemed position in someone’s kitchen.  We spent [...]

I am so excited to be a part of a completely revolutionary approach to training future aquaponic farmers this coming April!  The course, “Green Acre Organics – The Complete Course”,  will be unique in several ways.  First, it will be led by actual, successful aquaponic farmers.  Second, it will be four full days featuring classroom [...]

“When you ship things change.  Your project interacts with the world and the market changes.  You change.  There is a mark in the calendar – there were days before you shipped and then there are the days after you shipped” Seth Godin, “Ship It” Anyone who has ever read much of Seth Godin’s work knows [...]