WHAT YOU CAN GROW

FAMILY SIZED PORTABLE FARMS™ AQUAPONICS SYSTEMS

In the 6' x 8' Portable Farms™ Aquaponics System, you can grow 400 "short" vegetables
that produce greens each year but don't become large and block out the sunlight
within the small farm. This list includes:
• Lettuce
• Kale
• Basil
• Onions
• Mustard Greens
• Parsley
• Cilantro
• Many Varieties of Peppers
• Chamomile
• Chives
• Mint (of all kinds)
• Sage
• Catnip
• Lavender
• Marjoram
• Oregano
• Thyme
• Lemon Balm
and many more…

Plus, you can also grow 100 pounds of fish per year in the 6' x 8' farm.




In the 10' x 20' Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems you have more growing space and sunlight,
and can grow 1,100 vegetables a year. In this size Portable Farm™ Aquaponics System,
you also have the ability to grow far more varieties of vegetables such as:
• Cabbages
• A Wide Variety of Squash
• Eggplants
• Zucchini
• Kale
• Brussels Sprouts
• All Varieties of Peppers
• Broccoli
• Spinach
• Cauliflower
• Swiss Chard
• Green Beans
You can also grow a large variety of flowering plants such as tomatoes,
all types of berries and any herb you enjoy eating.

Plus, you can also grow 400 pounds of fish per year in the 10' x 20' Portable Farms™ Aquaponics System.




INSTITUTIONAL GROWING WITH PORTABLE FARMS™ AQUAPONICS SYSTEMS

The 20' x 30' and the 100' x 100' Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems are well suited for institutional growing.
These systems provide all the room you need to grow:
• Vegetables
• Flowering Plants
• Berries
• Herbs
• Papaya
• Fig
• Passion Fruit
• Bananas
• Pomegranate Trees In The Ground
• Small Tropical Fruit Trees

You also have the grow space and the sunlight to grow a wider variety of vine vegetables such as:
• Many Types of Beans
• Peas
• Tomatoes
• Cucumbers
• Black-Eyed Peas
• A Wide Variety of Squashes
• Melons
• Cantaloupe
• Berries
• Zucchini

In the 20' x 30' Portable Farms™ Aquaponics System, you can grow 3,600 vegetables and 1,400 pounds of fish per year.

The 100' x 100' Portable Farms™ Aquaponics System produces 60,000 vegetables and 23,000 pounds of fish per year.

**Growing root vegetables such as carrots, turnips, potatoes, or field crops such as corn, soybeans, dry beans, or wheat in Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems is not recommended.

FLOWERS: Grow your own flowers for the house and garden in our Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems.
Grow a wide-variety of flowers, including:
• Mums
• Amaryllis
• Narcissus
• Poinsettias
• Tulips
• Marigolds
• African Daisy's
• Four O'Clocks
• Cosmos
• Johnny Jump Ups
• Double Seed Gold Sunflowers

FISH: Tilapia is a low-fat, white-fleshed fish that is sweet, fine-textured and doesn't taste ‘fishy.
Enjoy your Tilapia by baking, broiling, grilling or steaming it. The history of Tilapia can
be traced back over 4,500 years to Ancient Egypt with its origins in the Nile River.

Tilapia has been called St. Peter's Fish since early Biblical times because it is believed to be
the fish that Jesus fed the multitudes in the biblical parable. The fish used in your
Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems are hybrid Tilapia or catfish, or perhaps several fish depending
on availability and your State regulations.

We recommend hybrid Tilapia, and we can provide you with a steady supply for restocking your system.

Please note: We don't recommend growing trout, bass, salmon, and other fish which prefer cold water.
The plants in the farms prefer warm water. To work efficiently, Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems require
'warm water, fresh water fish' of some kind to provide the essential waste and their nutrients for your plants.

If you do not want to eat your fish, you can give them to friends who do eat fish, sell them, or simply enjoy them as 'pets'.
Some species and individual fish last for years.



HOW TO GET STARTED

5 Simple Steps for Becoming a Portable Farmer with a Portable Farms™ Aquaponics System

1. How many people do you want to feed? What size do you want?

2. Where will you put it?

3. What climatic conditions do you have?

4. Let us answer your questions.

5. Order your Portable Farms™ Aquaponics System



WHAT IS AQUAPONICS

Aquaponics is the growing of fish, or other water-based animals, along with land plants in a controlled
environment, to maximize the use of the energy and nutrients in the system in order to harvest the greatest amount
of vegetables and fish protein from the system.

The word Aquaponics comes from words aquaculture, which is the cultivation of fish or other water- based animals,
and the word hydroponics, where plants are grown in a sterile medium or completely in water.

By combining the fish, water and plants, Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems use an integrated environment to produce
vegetables and fish in very small space, with very little water.

In China, farmers knew that land livestock waste could be added to their fields or ponds to increase production of
vegetables and fruit bearing plants. They also noticed that different fish had different tolerances to the level of
land-animal waste in their water. For example too much pig or chicken waste caused many fish to die (the modern explanation
for this is lack of oxygen) so they were careful about balancing their system for maximum yield and minimum fish loss.

These Chinese farmers were able to refine their systems so they could grow chickens in pens above pigs,
(with the waste dropping through along with any spilled food) who were in a pen over a pond with carp in it, and then the water
flowed to another pond with other less tolerant fish such as catfish, and perhaps other aquatic animals and certainly other
water plants were grown and harvested. These systems were so called flow-through systems, meaning that water was used once
through the ponds, and then released to the local paddies, streams, lakes or ocean. The sludge from the bottom of the ponds was
used on the fields and some of the water was used in the paddies for fertilizer before it was released.

Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems, the modern aquaponics, is usually a closed loop system that requires the input of some
energy. This energy includes both fish food and some electricity, which can be solar or air powered, to pump the air or water to
keep the nutrients from the fish from contaminating the local watershed.

The system we use at Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems is a closed loop with a small amount of fish-waste water drained off at
regular intervals to then fertilize crops such as trees, ornamentals or a lawn. This small amount of water can even be released
into the local sewer system with very little impact on the environment or the sewer system. The amount of water purged from the
system is somewhat dependent on the system's balance and is usually in the range of 10% or less of the total volume of the
system each week.

The Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems duplicate what nature has been doing for millions of years. The fish waste is trickled
or flowed through the plant-root area where it is absorbed and used by the plants. The water then flows back to the fish tank
adding some oxygen along the way to collect some more nutrients. Then the cycle is repeated. The water coming out of the fish
tank goes through a settling tank, and in the Portable Farms™ Aquaponics System, a small holding tank where the water is pumped
to where the plants are, then through the plant trays and back into the fish tanks. Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems use a cycle,
to circulate water through the system. The settling tank contents are emptied on a monthly basis and the 10 to 20 gallons of
wastewater is drained out to nourish local shrubs and ornamentals. That’s how the system works.

If you have any questions give us a call: (619) 722-1967