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Advanced Aquaponics with Stephen Raisner – Epi-3443

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Today Stephen Raisner returns to TSPC this time to discuss advanced aquaponics concepts. You don’t want to miss this one. There are not many people who I really learn much about aquaponics from after doing it myself for 10 years, but Stephen is one of them. He is literally one of the smartest people, I’ve ever met, in the world of aquaponics and natural farming. Stephen Raisner is a leading aquaponic consultant and founder of Potent Ponics. He has helped pioneer many of the methods now use for high value and hard to grow crops in aquaponics and has worked … Continue reading →

Natural farming meets AI with Stephen Raisner – Epi-3431

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Today Stephen Raisner of Potent Ponics returns to TSPC to discuss more on natural farming and advanced aquaponics. We also dig into a new AI tool he helped create that instantly creates recipes for natural fertilizers based on your location and the crops you want to grow. Truly world changing stuff folks! Stephen Raisner is a leading aquaponic consultant and founder of Potent Ponics. He has helped pioneer many of the methods now use for high value and hard to grow crops in aquaponics and has worked on projects around the world including Canada, Jamaica, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and across … Continue reading →

Aquaponics for Food Production with Stephen Raisner – Epi-3115

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Stephen Raisner is a leading aquaponic consultant and founder of Potent Ponics. He has helped pioneer many of the methods now use for high value and hard to grow crops in aquaponics and has worked on projects around the world including Canada, Jamaica, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and across the US. During his time working with aquaponics he developed a method now known as dual root zone planting which allows for a much wider range of crops to grow via aquaponics than was previously possible with traditional methods of production. Steve is also the host of the Growing With Fishes Podcast … Continue reading →

Episode-2887- Producing at Least Some of Your Food for Everyone

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One thing I hear so many successful people in the food production world say almost every time one of them speaks is “grow at least some of your own food”.  The problem is the only solution they usually provide is something like, “even if it is just some herbs in a window”. Now don’t get me wrong, as you will see today I think growing some herbs is a great idea but I also see it as one and only one step in making a meaningful contribution to your diet and life though growing your own food.  What I tried … Continue reading →

Episode-2829- Rob Torcellini on Aquaponics, Greenhouse Growing & More

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Rob Torcellini has spent most of his professional career in the agricultural, wastewater management, or industrial controls & automation industries. For over ten years, he has been growing using aquaponics. During this time frame, he has designed some products used in the hydroponic and aquaponic markets such as the GrowGrip, now sold around the world. He grows seasonal produce in his two greenhouses and provides educational tours of Bigelow Brook Farm to various community groups and educational institutions. He also creates content about the farm on his YouTube channel with over 90,000 subscribers. Resources for today’s show… Follow Life With … Continue reading →

Episode-2780- The Most Misunderstood Delicious Fish in America

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Today I was gonna do a show about living free in an age of digital tyranny.  I thought about it though as tomorrow is the Thanksgiving Special Show, and then I am out until Monday.  It just seems like a good day for an informative, useful and yet totally light hearted show. Well just so happens I was moving stuff around in the freezer today and found a few packs of bullhead catfish which were recently “shucked” and set aside for eating on a cold winter day.  I thought “hey you know I have talked about these guys in various … Continue reading →

Episode-2499- Garrett Todd on Hemp, Aquaponics and the Business of Farming

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Garrett Todd has recently set out with his partners Tad Fuller (from Episode 2477), Mike, and Angie Howe to create the Electric Farms Brand. He grew up around farming, outdoors, and education all his life Garrett’s father worked as a Soil Conservation Agent and his Mom worked as a School teacher, played a huge role in his passion for education and agriculture.   Faith, Family, Nature, and Community are all very important to him. He has taken a big risk to try and make something great for his family and better for his community. Today Garret joins us to discuss … Continue reading →

Episode-2477- Tad Fuller of Electric Farms

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Tad Fuller is a 30 year old Mechanical Contractor, HVAC professional, electrician and family man with 2 kids and a wife. He has been working for his family business Fuller Heating and cooling for 10 years as a Technician in the field. In 2018 Tad started his own company called Electric Farms. He now offers turn key solutions for Farmers looking to obtain entry into the market. His primary offering is a passive solar greenhouse with aquaponic deep water culture systems as the growing solution with ROI’s in less than 3 to 5 years depending on the aquatic life of … Continue reading →

New Freshwater Shrimp Tank

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I have been looking into other ways to feed my aquaponics fish and shrimp are a great way to do that.  I have also found a variety of shrimp called Mississippi Grass Shrimp (Palaemonetes kadiakensis).  Being native to much of the United States, unlike many shrimp they are very cold hardy. The ebay seller I got them from, johns796 says he catches them to order from his own pond.  He is in northern Louisiana just barely south of the Arkansas border and that he has had ice on it 3 of the last 4 years.  Additionally in the Pond Boss … Continue reading →

Parts 15 and 16 of My New 300 Gallon Aquaponics Build

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Today we get the mulch layer on and I give a full breakdown of the fertility products I use in my wicking beds and sources for all of them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See complete playlist for this project here. http://bit.ly/300gal Full list of products in this video Endo Mycorrhizae Fungal Inoculation – https://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/aiotd-2-20-17 GS Plant Foods Liquid Kelp Fertilizer – https://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/aiotd-3-16-17 Dr Earth Fertilizer – https://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/aiotd-4-10-17 Garrett Juice Plus – https://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/aiotd-3-16-18 Epsoma 3-4-4 Fertilizer – https://amzn.to/2CxXe1s Epsoma Blood Meal – https://amzn.to/2wYmacC – Really any blood meal is fine. I have no brand loyalty with strait blood meal. Liquid Molasses – … Continue reading →