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Commercial Aquaponics Ken Semmens Matthew Ferrell This presentation is intended to help you understand more about aquaponics on a commercial scale.  Examples – “Business Model”  Production System  University of the Virgin Islands Recirculating Aquaculture System  Flowing Water System at Reymann Memorial Farm Business Model Restaurant, Farm Market, System Sales  Rob Nash  Commercial system  Started as tilapia, but it was found to energy intensive in the winter  Sells at local farmers market, contracts with restaurants  2-3 dollars a head lettuce, sells kale, peppers, and tomato's as well  Brings lettuce still attached to net pots and roots  His farmers market activities drive system sales Business Model Retail and System Sales  Nate Story- Zip Grow Towers  Commercial Vertical system  Aim is to locate very close to city markets  Sell live products in store  Use as much space as possible within grow house  At one point used tilapia, but has moved on to non food fish Business Model Off the farm, grocery, and franchises Marc Laberge from Quebec (http://www.cultures- aquaponiques.com/team.htm). He raises rainbow trout and lettuce. He sells about $1000 worth of smoked trout a week and 6,800 heads of lettuce. He has survived for 8 years just doing production. Now he sells franchises.

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Examples – “Business Model” Flowing Water System at Reymann Memorial Farm Commercial Vertical system Classes are $1295 per person . Diagram from Recirculating Aquaculture Systems by Timmons et al 2002, pg 637

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Commercial Aquaponics Ken Semmens Matthew Ferrell This presentation is intended to help you understand more about aquaponics on a commercial scale.  Examples – “Business Model”  Production System  University of the Virgin Islands Recirculating Aquaculture System  Flowing Water System at Reymann Memorial Farm Business Model Restaurant, Farm Market, System Sales  Rob Nash  Commercial system  Started as tilapia, but it was found to energy intensive in the winter  Sells at local farmers market, contracts with restaurants  2-3 dollars a head lettuce, sells kale, peppers, and tomato's as well  Brings lettuce still attached to net pots and roots  His farmers market activities drive system sales Business Model Retail and System Sales  Nate Story- Zip Grow Towers  Commercial Vertical system  Aim is to locate very close to city markets  Sell live products in store  Use as much space as possible within grow house  At one point used tilapia, but has moved on to non food fish Business Model Off the farm, grocery, and franchises Marc Laberge from Quebec (http://www.cultures- aquaponiques.com/team.htm). He raises rainbow trout and lettuce. He sells about $1000 worth of smoked trout a week and 6,800 heads of lettuce. He has survived for 8 years just doing production. Now he sells franchises.

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Examples – “Business Model” Flowing Water System at Reymann Memorial Farm Commercial Vertical system Classes are $1295 per person . Diagram from Recirculating Aquaculture Systems by Timmons et al 2002, pg 637

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