How a Sustainable Aquaponics Farm Grows 7000 Heads of Lettuce a Week

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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Sustainable Harvesters, one of the largest commercial aquaponic farms in texas. You will discover how they are able to grow 7000 heads of lettuce a week using fish to produce fertilizer for the lettuce. In this episode, John will give you a special tour of this commercial aquaponics farm. First, you will learn how aquaponics is different than hydroponics and which is more sustainable and better for the planet. Next, you will learn all the different aspects of an aquaponics system and how it works and some of the special practices they do at Sustainable Harvesters that I haven't seen anywhere else. You will discover why they don't add any additional nutrients to their system as well as why the only cultivate a special kind of fish that ensures their aquaponics system stays balanced. John will then share with you how lettuce is grown from seed to full maturity in 6 weeks at Sustainable Harvesters Aquaponics Farm. You will discover if Red or Green lettuce requires higher levels of nutrients. You will learn how they are able to cool their greenhouse efficiently using the least amount of energy and how they automatically control the temperature in the winter. You will learn if green or red lettuce is healthier to eat. You will also discover a home aquaponics system that you can purchase from sustainable harvesters and put on your patio at home to start growing more of your food today using the proven aquaponics technology they have been growing now for the over 3 years. You will discover the one secret ingredient they add to their aquaponics system that caused their plants to grow faster and get greener than without it. You will learn how you can visit Sustainable Harvesters outside Houston, TX to take an aquaponics farm tour or aquaponics class. Finally, you will learn the one thing you need to do to ensure your success if you will be starting your own business or farm. After watching this episode, you will have learned what it takes to grow 7000 heads of lettuce a week sustainably using fish and creating systems to ensure everything runs smoothly. Subscribe to GrowingYourGreens for more videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=growingyourgreens Follow John on Instagram at: https://instagram.com/growingyourgreens/ Watch all 1200+ Episodes from GrowingYourGreens at https://www.youtube.com/user/growingyourgreens/videos Learn more about Sustainable Harvesters at: http://www.sustainableharvesters.com/

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Seminar or sermon? John, I love your topic. I love your enthusiasm. I love your locations. What a great idea and very well executed! However, I have seen several of your videos now and you have driven the message home hard. I am never going to listen to that for another hour. No need, I am already sold. You had me at, "We are here in Houston"! It is not enough to stand inside a cool place and preach continuously. Sorry! We were 12:31 minutes into this video before you actually showed the inside (the little test system did not deserve 10 minutes of explanation). Is it possible to get the owner or management to give the tour and describe it in their own words with their own emphases and specialties? They must have a nutritionist, controller, accountant or even the people that harvest and pack the lettuce. I would love to hear from the account manger that maintains relationships with the restaurants and groceries. I also want to see their fish raising process. I want the details from people who are doing it. To look around, this place looks deserted but can you imagine the timing needed to pull this off?

Thank you so much for bringing us to these incredible places that otherwise would be out of reach. But, there are plenty of places I could go to get an over the top monologue. I did not mean that as terse as it reads.

Thanks for this!

They live down the street from me, I should go check them out.

where does the ammonia get turned to nitrites and then nitrates for the plants? I know ammonia is toxic to plants. is there a reservoir with nitrifying bacteria?

awesome video tour, learned some new things!
was wondering if you could detail the three phase biofiltration they're using to filter out large solid particles?
I'm building a community AP system and plan on using 2 radial flow filters in series before a biofilter and finally a media bed then directly to the sump to be pumped out.
I want to set up a good bio filter with media, any tips would be appreciated, happy new years!

You need to start scripting your videos. Jumping from end to middle to start of the whole cycle of aquaponics process making whole video confusing. And you also repeating too much. Nice farm though...

once again. thank you for everything you do and share

Thanks for taking the time to share great videos. Worrying about your voice not being pitch perfect or if your shirt is clean enough is so shallow. (Prev. comments...) Keep up the great work.

Fluffy soil blend? Loam, loam is the word, loam is what you want.

Hey man, could you do a video on what organic growing actually means. You definitely touch on it in your videos but a specific video on it would be nice. One of the things I learned in school is that the nutritional value of the fruit of organically grown or chemically grown is no different. It might taste different, but the nutrition is the same. Basically there's a misconception that an organically grown tomato is healthier for you than a chemically grown tomato. The difference is in how it's grown and that growing organically is really about caring for the land, growing sustainable etc. Same with GMOs. People associate the two and they're not the same. You can have organic GMO food. Just grow a GMO seed using organic methods. Voila. Also, from a cost perspective, as a commercial farmer it's more expensive to grow organically because of the red tape, proximity to neighboring farmers and what they spray on their plants. Any runoff could cause someone not to have their organic certificate etc. It's definitely costly for a traditional farmer to switch to organic growing.

I'm all for organics, they're great but people need to know why we should be growing organically. It's about caring for the land. Not their own health.

So much of electricity is used in pumping water. How is it a sustainable farming? If solar electricity is used will it work in the night? What ever you talk is boring, repeating samething. Should be concise.

I rarely bother with comments but I have to ask...did the thought of a shower or a clean shirt maybe a brush or comb????? cross your mind before you went on camera and yelled at people for an hour and six minutes? By the way the sign said wash your hands thoroughly with warm water and soap and clean and sanitize your shoes. If a person such as you visited my facility I am afraid I would not be welcoming.Contamination is a very real and costly problem in closed systems.

Love your videos, John! I learn something new every day :)

Gross

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I was impressed with their operation until I saw that they feed the fish Purina Fish Food, which is primarily GMO corn and soy. They should produce their own fish food on site, like raising worms, or insects, and edible plants like duckweed as the primary fish food. Feeding the fish Purina fish food is not sustainable. By feeding the fish Purina fish food, which is primarily factory farmed GMO Roundup Ready corn and soy, their primary input is an unsustainable factory farmed product.

great useful program thank you

I always assumed lettuce was vegan. Damn! Fish imprisioned to grow lettuce....sad and twisted.

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