Unlike hydroponics, where everything is done using artificial fertilizers, aquaponics is the other side of the coin. When done “the natural way”, aquaponics does not use any artificial means to get to its goal.
The organic trend has been climbing continuously for years and does not seem to be winding down. The thing is that, in today’s polluted environment, you don’t really know what you are eating. There are so many things that are use in agriculture to get greater yields that you can ask yourself how much of that tomato is really a tomato.
Aquaponics can also have artifical things when made commercially
Anyway, aquaponics can get very artificial too. Starting with the fish food, which is the fastest way to get your fish big, hormones to change gender, and a lot of other thing, “aquaponic” does not exactly mean “organic”
If you don’t make it yourself, that is. I know for sure what is in my tanks and how it is fed and taken care of. I can say that all my produce is organic because I know it for a fact. You can do the same.
Having an aquaponic system is easy and does not take too much time of your day. You have a lot of inexpensive equipment you can use to automate everything and keep your fish and your plants safe.
Aquaponics is a little more complicated than hydroponics, but it is not that different. You just have to learn a few other things to deal with the additional work, but its not big deal. If you already know hydroponics, you can catch up in a couple of days.
Who better than yourself to assure organic produce?
Aquaponics will take some time to get started, specially if you are starting from scratch, but once it is running, you will have plenty of organic produce (real organic produce) and an interesting hobby that you can scale up to cover not only your needs and those from your family, but even to start a home business. After all, who better that you to assure your neighbors that they are getting real organic stuff?
Cool, isn’t it?
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