Living ‘off the grid’ is a personal concept that expresses itself in a variety of ways but those choosing this lifestyle are interested in a simple, pioneer lifestyle that offers a smaller carbon footprint and includes privacy, limited dependence on resources, not personally derived and with an attitude that includes dropping ‘off the Matrix.”
Like all lifestyle choices, there are varying degrees of participation. Few people are truly invisible and can maintain their status. After all, society does offer opportunities for health care, commerce, entertainment, resources and fellowship.
Do you have a daughter or a granddaughter that you really love?
Besides all the love and attention you currently lavish on her, what else can you teach this joyful addition to your life – - this legacy to your genes, to insure her health and survival? Can you do anything differently than your parents did for you to give her a better-than-average chance to pass on your genetic material to future generations?
Yes, the biggest advantage you can give your child today is an aquaponics education so she will always have the knowlege, skills and abilities to grow her own nutritious, healthy AND ORGANIC food. Even if she is only three years old, buy her a Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems and teach her how to operate it.
Neil R. Zoller Joins Portable Farms LTDPortable Farms LTD is pleased to announce that Neil R. Zoller has joined Portable Farms LTD as Senior Vice President of Operations.
Mr. Zoller’s accomplishments as a Civil Engineer led him to work in the fields of construction management, architecture and engineering and construction of managed many multimillion dollar local and international projects.
Mr. Zoller was raised on farms and ranches in California and Nevada. His early years were spent raising cattle, poultry, swine, rabbits, and food crops. His passion was 4-H club membership led him to win several awards in the county fairs for his projects, and a national award for home grounds improvement and 4H All Star for San Bernardino County.
After completion of High School, he attended Valley College, majoring in Construction Technology, and was employed for eight years as an Engineer in Training with Kaiser Engineers in Australia and the US. He graduated as Senior Civil Engineer.
Some of his major projects include the manufacturing plant for Redi-Pac salads, a $22 million flour-making facility, now owned by Con Agra, as well as working on several other food-processing facilities.
His association with Portable Farms began in 2009. His passion has always been in agriculture, and joining Portable Farms as the Executive Vice President in charge of Operations is ‘fulfilling his ultimate goal.
Welcome to Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems. We're green. We're tasty and we can help you feed you, your family and even the world with organic vegetables and home-grown fish.
Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems use 95% less water than in-grown growing, plus they do not require fertilizers, pesticides, watering or weeding. Just sing to your fish while you feed them and when you plant and harvest, and enjoy fresh fish and vegetables. No bending or stooping because the grow beds are waist high so anyone of (almost) any age can enjoy Portable Farms.
UPDATE:TOUR A PORTABLE FARMS™ AQUAPONICS SYSTEM in North San Diego County, California, with 300' of grow space in a 24’ x 46’ greenhouse which easily feeds 12 adults all the nutritious and organic food they need to remain healthy FOREVER. These adults will need to 'grow their own' or purchase root vegetables (potatoes, carrots, onions, etc.) and grains which are not grown in Portable Farms. To book your tour, please CLICK HERE for more information.
In a commecial-sized Portable Farms Aquaponics System, 240,000 vegetables and 92,000 pounds of fish can be grown on one single acre of level ground.
25 square feet of grow space will feed one adult, year round, FOREVER.
10,000 square foot commerical Portable Farm (1/4 acre) has 6,000 square feet of growing space and feeds 240 people, year round, FOREVER.
Portable Farms LTD’s aquaponics systems use 90 to 95% LESS WATER than is used in traditional agriculture and require NO pesticides or fertilizers.
One full-sized commercial unit of 10,000 square feet (1/4 acre) feeds 240 people all the food they need to be healthy FOREVER (excluding ‘root crops’ such as potatoes and carrots).
We’re green. We’re ‘sustainable.’ Our systems are organic.
Portable Farms LTD offers aquaponics systems for commercial growing and smaller aquaponics systems to feed small groups and families.
Aquaponics is an environmentally safe and productive alternative to over-harvesting fish from oceans, rivers and streams.
Read about the Yield and Return on Investment for planting, growing and selling tomatoes.
Read about the Yield and Return on Investment for planting, growing and selling zucchini.
Read about the Yield and Return on Investment for planting, growing and selling peppers.
Read about the Yield and Return on Investment for planting, growing and selling cucumbers.
Other Yield and Return Articles will Be Posted Soon for other crops.
Portable Farms LTD is celebrating spring this week by offering you a $250 discount on the Aquaponics University Course for building your own Portable Farms™ Aquaponics System that will feed 8 people FOREVER.
Between now and May 15, 2012, you can receive a FREE Portable Farms Kit Option 2 PLUS the FULL $250 DISCOUNT simply by enrolling in the Aquaponics University Aquaponist Certification Course. (This offer is good only for those in the US or Canada.)
If you work on the course for an hour a day, you can complete the online course in about ten days to two weeks. It’s FUN. It’s EASY and at the end the course, you’ll become a Certified Aquaponist.
What arrives in your food is of critical importance to you and your family. For example, the arrival of a tarantula in a bunch of bananas you bring home is bound to be a truly momentous occasion, very exciting, very traumatic and talked about as family legend for several generations.
What about less traumatic and less noticeable things such as chemicals used to kill insects or fungus or used for some other reason we don’t know about coming home in your food? Can minute quantities of these substance harm your family? Who can you trust when it comes to the food you have to eat to stay alive?
All you need to do plant some seeds and harvest fresh organic food – FOREVER. A 5’ x 40’ tray will feed EIGHT people FOREVER (and forever means just that: ALWAYS.)
The seeds below were planted 5 days ago and some of them (depending on the varieties which differ length of time the seed will sprout and grow to about 1.5 to 2 inches in height) will be ready to place in a Portable Farm in about another 5 days.
Licenses available for cities, state/provinces, countries outside the United States. Investment required for participation. For more information: CLICK HERE.
To read a 'nutshell' version of the history of Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems, CLICK HERE.
Read the History of Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems (patent pending):CLICK HERE.
Google Search: "Portable Farms"
• No need to water your plants because a Portable Farms™ Aquaponics System uses a timed cycle to circulate the water throughout the system so the plants constantly receive a fresh supply of warm, nutrient-laden water.
• No soil is necessary. Your plants grow in trays filled with gravel or river rock.
• No weeding is necessary, just regular harvesting and replanting.
• No pesticides, herbicides, fungicides or fertilizers are necessary.
• No antibiotics or hormones are necessary.
• The Portable Farms™ Aquaponics System can be Solar or Wind Powered.
Salmon is one of the most popular fish in the world and there are currently major efforts around the world to breed salmon through aquaculture. It is estimated that salmon aquaculture is a $12 billion. Norway and Chile produce close to two-thirds of the world’s farmed salmon. Approximately 60 percent (1.26 million metric tons) of the world’s salmon comes from fish farms.
Read the History of Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems (patent pending):CLICK HERE.
Google Search: "Portable Farms"
• No need to water your plants because a Portable Farms™ Aquaponics System uses a timed cycle to circulate the water throughout the system so the plants constantly receive a fresh supply of warm, nutrient-laden water.
• No soil is necessary. Your plants grow in trays filled with gravel or river rock.
• No weeding is necessary, just regular harvesting and replanting.
• No pesticides, herbicides, fungicides or fertilizers are necessary.
• No antibiotics or hormones are necessary.
• The Portable Farms™ Aquaponics System can be Solar or Wind Powered.
In the last month, people from 145 countries have visited the Portable Farms LTD websites.
The overall interest in aquaponics around the world has been growing steadily for the last four years and has now moved into a new phase of hyper growth. This is reflected in the number of visitors, the number of pages they have viewed, the length of time each person spends on our web pages, and the incredibly high number of return visitors that clearly indicates the thirst for aquaponics-related information has intensified.
What is driving this ‘new’ interest in the field of aquaponics? There appears to be a number of key indicators influencing the search for answers:
Economic stress is growing worldwide and becoming more acute making healthy, fresh food out of financial reach for the average family
Job creation is now the number one focus of most governments as unemployment stalls and raises
Weather continues to play an enormous factor in the year-round availability of fresh local food. Both drought and floods have impacted agriculture worldwide
Find out how to get started, so you
can be a Portable Farmer: CLICK HERE.
For information and ordering information: CLICK HERE
To ask the inventor, Colle Davis, a question
about Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems,
email him: cdavis@portablefarms.com
Narrator, Matt Damon: This powerful short clip by U.S. State Department
reminds us that we will need to feed an additional 1.8 billion people
by the year 2030. CLICK HERE.
Inmates, Students or Employees Can Benefit from Aquaponics
The increasing populations in prisons and schools can be extremely well served by using fresh healthy food from aquaponics systems to supply the vegetables and fish needed to feed the populations of these large institutions.
There are already prisons where aquaponics is very much a part of the food production and there are thousands of schools and colleges that dabble and teach some facet of aquaponics to their students. There are corporate campuses that are perfectly designed to include an onsite Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems to provide organic locally grown food to the employees on a year round basis.
These three types of installations have somewhat different challenges. TO READ ENTIRE ARTICLE: CLICK HERE.
PatioPonics Portable Farms Aquaponics Systems launced in 2011. See our NEW YouTube Video for PatioPonics, CLICK HERE.
Above is a photo of a 32″ basil plant in our own PatioPonics Portable Farm we took January 4, 2012. Basil is considered the most valued ’cash crop’ grown in aquaponics because it can be grown year round (out of season in most locations) and it’s organic.
How can you grow a cold-water fish in a fish tank, and raise warmth-loving plants in the same system? Carefully, with a skillfully designed system. Portable Farms LTD is pleased to announce the launch of their new design, Portable Farms™ SALMON Aquaponics Systems.
You might be surprised how many calls and emails we receive from people who are interested in growing salmon in aquaponics systems!
We receive many many calls of people who are passionate about raising salmon and vegetables for home and commerical purposes. THE WAIT IS NOW OVER and Portable Farms LTD announces their newly invention: Portable Farms SALMON Aquaponics Systems!
Technology licenses for protected territories now available worldwide. Own your own territory, state, province, or country. Manufacture, sell and install Portable Farms(TM) Aquaponics Systems within your territory. Build and develop your protected territory and become one of the most influential forces for change in your area.
Because of interest globally, we have moved our headquarters and research center to Latin America in order to better serve both developing and developed countries. The Portable Farms™ Aquaponics System technology lends itself to the use of local materials and utilization of local labor.
January 2012 - Organic Aquaponic’s System Licensed in Lagos, Nigeria. Portable Farms Ltd. provided the technology, construction and engineering expertise to assist in the building and installation of the initial components.
May 9, 2012 - Organic Aquaponic’s System Licensed in Botswana, Africa -
Portable Farms Ltd announces the licensing and construction of the first commercial Portable Farms™ Aquaponics System in Africa.
This exciting new installation is located in Botswana, Africa. Portable Farms provided the technology, construction and engineering expertise to assist in building and installing the initial components.
10,000 sq ft Portable Farms(TM) Aquaponics System in Botswana, Africa
The Botswana License Holder, the owner of a major construction company with thirty years of experience, had been searching for 2½ years for the perfect aquaponics system to bring to his country. His company recently completed the largest fish hatchery in Southern Africa. After extensive research, he approached Colle Davis, inventor of Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems, with the request to become the premier License Holder for Portable Farms™ technology in Botswana, Africa. The License Holder is quoted as saying, “After studying various aquaponics systems throughout the world and attending several trainings, I chose Portable Farms™ because of three key features: One, the systems don’t require constant monitoring and cleaning, and two, they can be operated by semi-skilled labor, and three, they focus on sustainability.”
The initial crops chosen by the license holder based on local demand are tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers and herbs. The 10,000 sq ft (1,000 m2) Portable Farms currently being completed in Botswana produce 60,000 vegetables and 21,000 pounds (9,000 kg) of tilapia fish, per year to be sold locally.
The Technology License was assigned for the entire country of Botswana to fulfill his company’s plans to sell fish and vegetables to local markets near each installation. He anticipates direct government involvement for the wide-spread installation of Portable Farms™ in Botswana because of the country’s need for fresh food.
The Botswana project includes a visitor’s center, three 10,000 sq ft Portable Farms™ Aquaponics System units, a fish processing center, a farmers market, and upgraded utilities for the area.
Portable Farms Ltd continues to incorporate new and improved technology designed to reduce construction costs and improve productivity of their Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems. They have received interest from 34 countries and 11 US States and Canada regarding the use of their Technology Licensing.
For investors who have become cautious and even a bit callous with the status quo, the playing field has suddenly become much larger, more varied and interestingly, more fun. The developed countries are beginning to look more like they are the ‘has-beens’ rather than the ‘haves’ of yester-year.
There is an old and very strong bias of pursuing safety in investing which pushes investors into old and ‘secure’ investments. But, that bias is falling apart because the underlying ‘facts’ are no longer true. The underlying politics of a country are now at least as important as the underlying financials and in many cases far more influential in determining the safety of an investment in that country.
CLICK HERE to see pictures of the interior of the
inventor's own 10' x 16' backyard farm.
The daily maintenance for smaller Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems
is only minutes a day (and that includes singing to your fish).
The Happy Portable Farmer, Colle Davis (aka The Fish Whisperer), Inventor,
with a single head of lettuce from one of his own
Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems
that was grown in only 40 days.
This is an unretouched photo.
Duckweed MAY be the food of the future. There is no doubt about that. Grown under ideal conditions, duckweed ranges between 25% and 45% protein and doubles its growth every 36 hours, and OUR TILPAIA love to eat it. There may be a day when people eat it too!
We do not profess to be experts at growing farm-raised duckweed to feed our fish. In fact, quite the opposite is true. We have grown duckweed in kiddy-pools, large and small containers and even open-air tanks off-and-on for many years and we have not always been successful in our efforts to maintain our duckweed farms, but we keep trying and we continue to experiment to find the answers to pass along to you.
* "Bovine emissions are a growing source of gasses which cause global warming". - 2006 United Nations Study.
Aquaponics Rescues Aquaculture
