Learn Hi-density Backyard Food Production

[EsoyLegaspi]

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sir, it would be nice if mg.post ka dri pictures sa imo lugar and production.. or if mu.attend mi sa imo lecture ipakita pd nmo imo place? mas mka.engganyo mana gd hehehe thanks

Survival of the fittest, hi-density planting - My direction is more on health foods - rather than a glamourous garden..so bear with me the mess...

[EsoyLegaspi]

nice! and i commend you for the effort of helping people to earn, saving the environment and improving our economy if this will prosper. how much is needed for the materials of a small "farm"?

Hi Rumar,
"Small Farm" is difficult to evaluate. In aquaponics, a 1 Sq. meter fish-tank Aquaponics system can translate to 20 or 30 sq meter traditional fish pond. Depending on your know-how and capability you can increase the fish density to much more. A 1 Sq. meter, Aquaponics System can provide you a start up of vegetables equivalent to a land area of 5 then increase to 10 to 20 sq. meters. As your system develops your "ferilized production area" coverage can increase. With Aquaponics you can be creative, hence, space should not be an issue. You can go vertical farming - sky is the limit(including your cash). In other words, your 1 sq. meter can become 3 sq. meters if you have 3 layers of fish tank. Your vegetable grow bed can also be designed for vertical production, so you can already start your farm on a 10 sq meter plot as long as you can provide the infrastructure.

Traditional farming cannot be compared with aquaponics as each have different conditions and parameters. There is no way to evaluate and compare "apple to apple" considering that you do not have to travel hours to go to the farm, spend gasoline/fuel and pollute the environment. To answer your "small farm" - For backyard hobbyist a 10 sq. meter, 10,000.00 php (using recycled, creative construction would be about it) 50,000 php 20 to 30 sq. meter you can be sustainable and renewable.

One most important thing that people fail to appreciate is the invaluable quality, nutritious-organic, toxic free, chemical free, healthy, clean and environmentally friendly way of producing food for the family. In my case health issue, was my main drive when I started all these activity to acheive nutritious farm produce and not so much for the monetary returns. On the other hand-organic products are now very expensive. Most of those who attend my presentations have that purpose in mind-health food, as the priorty. Foreigners are very conscious of the "organic-fish" aspect as well as they do not trust what is being sold. I do know how it is to suffer all those allergies.

My apologies for the long winded explanation, but I would take this opportunity to a common query and becomes part of my FAQ.

[EsoyLegaspi]

Working smart is often not easy from the start, especially when you are new and "many things" to learn, however, once you get to practice it, you will know that what you learned will be worth all the time, money and effort you put it. Efficiency and Productivity with Technology.

Aquaponics is like the word-processor of the PC, while traditional fishing-aquaculture-agriculture is the typewriter. Today, anyone given the typewriter for free will not even accept it, knowing what it can do. This is like the "slide-rule"(during my time) and the "calculator".

From the PC, the value, efficiency and quality of what your produce is far superior than the typewriter. What more if you are able to manipulate the variables/parameters of Aquaponics. Being able to produce your own healthy, organic, nutritious, clean, green fresh quality fish and vegetables-plants-herbs is far superior that what you can purchase(typewriter).

Only your imagination is the limit and the results are exciting- also be frustrating(as you move up the learning curve).

[EsoyLegaspi]

Aquaculture Expansion in Africa & Standards for Sustainability


Please read above,
Africa - going for food security - or do we keep on exporting OFW's instead of fishes ??
Philippine Aquaponics | Facebook

[EsoyLegaspi]

Stay mentally young with more fish dinners: study - Yahoo! She Philippines

Please read above info.

God given, natural food for our selves, if we take care of the "input" the "output" will be just as good. If we put the wrong fuel to the car or mix it with other things, definitely the car will not perform as good, there are specific "inputs" to achieve the right performance. Right, air, water and fuel mixture. So is our body. Take care of it as it is the only one we have..no spare or replacement parts. What we are is our gift from God, what we become is our gift to God..

[V&J Trading]

maybe you should post some video or a pics on this so we could easily understand on how to do this.

[EsoyLegaspi]

maybe you should post some video or a pics on this so we could easily understand on how to do this.

Hi V&J, there is so much info in the internet-you tube, etc., on "aquaponics", perhaps you can tell me what it is you do not "understand", let me know - in principle, it is simply a process where the fish feeds the plant and plant feeds the fish.

[EsoyLegaspi]

World Bank: Poor education holds back Philippines - Yahoo!

This article above presents poor education as the major drawback of the Philippines– one thing that is not mentioned here are the “poor-farmers-fisher folks” that are suppose to provide food for our people in the Philippines. If our poor-farmers-fisher folks keep on using the same process and procedures they will keep on getting the same results. The vicious cycle just repeats itself - compounding our poverty situation. There has to be a better way, there has to be a shift in mindset and direction. I hope someone out there can tell the President of the Philippines - to support our Philippine Aquaponics. 4.5 million involuntarily hungry Filipino voices seem to be unheared..

We have to help educate our poor farmers-fisher folks regarding "integrated-farming"
Philippine Aquaponics | Facebook

[EsoyLegaspi]

Experts Now Advise Against Mammograms for Breast Cancer Screening


Your best natural defense against cancer is a strong immune system – a strong immune system is built around what you eat and should not eat, read all about it above.

[EsoyLegaspi]

really, i want to help, i want to learn, i want to make this program grow. simple person lang ko and i dont have big amount for investment. sometimes i regret becoming electrical engineer. i earn from work but to to think, all i wanted was to have a sustainable agricultural way of living.

up nalang ko, i want to hear updates.

Most of those who attend are not coming from agriculture or agriculture background, most are engineers(who have a love of nature or desire for healthy food) - However, your being an engineer(like myself) put you in a very advantageous position. You may not realize that for now. In fact, your background will expedite your learning curve. Just like setting up an electronic circuit board, first your goal, then you have to understand the functions of the components, basics - such as resistors, transistors, diodes, capacitors, and how each component operate. You know what you want to achieve and you are going to assemble it together. In this case, it is a lot easier(but also has it's frustrations and trials)

The thing is unlike hi-tech, the technology here is low-tech and and can be acheived using "backyard components". I shied away from hi-tech because of the fast pace development many of which you cannot control. Everytime Microsoft, Apple etc., changes, you have to change, they dictate the direction. In this case, no one dictates except you once you have the building blocks. You are in control of the environment and what you want to achieve. You know what the parameters you want to control and how you want it. You can innovate. You "ENGINEER" your "PROCESS and SYSTEMS" and work with mother nature and father time.

For programmers/IT - you are able to develop your own language and program it to function that way you desire because there is so much to explore and discover and only your imagination is the limit. You are not dependent on the programs made by others and keep on updating yourself of the changes they have made. You program your life and not others to dictate what is good and not good for your system. You are empowered and in control of your processes. You can develop your own IP(intellectual property)