Have you ever heard of portable farms?

[babylonsister]

I'd be interested if anyone has ever heard of this or tried it. Got this via email from my sister, who might be considering trying to market them.


http://www.portablefarms.com/index.php

In Less Than 5 Minutes a Day, You Can Grow Your Own
Organic Vegetables and Home-Grown Fish For Your Family

Portable Farms LLC has received interest from 124 countries since our official launch on June 17, 2008. In these unsure economic times, a Portable Farm™ offers people a simple way to grow their own food. They can either use the food for their own use, or consider selling the surplus vegetables and fish for extra income. A Portable Farm™ doesn't require soil, and needs only minimal water.



Yearly Production From a Portable Farm™

A 6' x 8' unit produces 400 vegetables and 100 pounds of fish

A 10' x 20' unit produces 1,100 vegetables and 400 pounds of fish

A 20' x 30' unit produces 3,600 vegetables and 1,400 pounds of fish

A 100' x 100' unit produces 60,000 vegetables and 23,000 pounds of fish

Because Portable Farms™ are small and compact, you can put them in your backyard, garage, basement, barn, porch, hoop house, driveway or greenhouse. The fish and vegetables can be grown in sunlight or with grow lights. A Portable Farm™ can be used in very cold or very hot climates and produces healthy vegetables and fish year round. It can also be Solar Powered.

Related article:

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2008/dec/26/122608escondido-couple-launches-aquaponic/?zIndex=28073

Escondido couple launches aquaponic fish- and veggie-farming system

[FedUpWithIt All]

1. Quite cool. I have been looking into fish farming for the past couple of months.

Renting does not allow me to raise anything other than fish. I find the circular aspect of this facinating. Use the system to grow the food for the fish. The fish waste goes into a system that grows plants. Use the system to grow the food for the fish...

Thanks for sharing.

:hi:

Has your sister tried the system?

[silverweb]

2. Brilliant.

A tad pricey to start, but what an investment!

Wish I had a place to put one... and I can just see my cats shredding it to get to the fish.