Aquaponics Blog with Nelson and Pade

A 1-Star Review

We recently completed our November Aquaponics Master Class with attendees from 4 continents and 9 individual countries. It was an exceptional group with a wide variety of planned uses for growing food in aquaponics. During and after the class, nearly all participants expressed their appreciation to us for the class and the comprehensive coverage of

Profitable, Dependable, Efficient, Sustainable

Profitable, dependable, efficient, sustainable. Those four words describe what people considering commercial aquaponic food production need and want their systems to be in order to succeed. When you look at an existing successful aquaponic farm, their system will demonstrate these four things: profitability, dependability, efficiency and sustainability. As entrepreneurs, we understand this and have demonstrated

Aquaponics Certification Program In Development

Certified Naturally Grown (CNG), a grassroots non-profit organization, announced it will develop a new certification program for aquaponics operations. The announcement follows three months of consideration by CNG and its Aquaponics Exploratory Committee, a group made up of six experts and practitioners from across the country with decades of experience between them. I was selected as one

Changing the Food System

Recently someone asked me what our company does. I briefly explained what aquaponics is and that we help people get started and be successful in aquaponics so they can supply fresh fish and vegetables to their family, community or in a profitable farming venture. We achieve this by supplying complete Clear Flow Aquaponic Systems®, project

2 Acres of Aquaponics Being Installed Right Now!

There is an enormous amount of talk about aquaponics and a lot of news stories and press releases about people planning projects and planning to scale up small projects into multi-acre facilities. Earlier this year, Farmed Here in Chicago busted out a lot of press about their massive indoor farm which, in reality is a

Failures in Aquaponics

In recent years the aquaponics industry has experienced meteoric growth in both general interest and the creation of working systems of every size and style imaginable, and for good reason. If this technology along with Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) isn’t going to be the primary solution of feeding nine billion people in 35 years, it

Lights, Camera, Action!

Although our company had one of the early websites on the Internet with video, it has been missing from our site for the past decade. We’ve been so busy developing, building and shipping Clear Flow Aquaponic Systems®, creating comprehensive course content, teaching courses, speaking at conferences and writing books, manuals and curriculums, we really hadn’t

March 2012 in Wisconsin

We have been having phenomenally warm weather this March in Wisconsin, with daytime temperatures in the 80s all last week. One day recently, we harvested perfectly rip sweet corn grown in our aquaponic systems and, that evening, grilled it with our dinner. As I lit the grill, anxiously awaiting that first bite of corn, I

Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

To make learning about aquaponics and planning for your aquaponics venture easier, we’ve scheduled our 2012 workshops as well as launched the first hybrid University aquaponics course in partnership with UW-Stevens Point. This partnership brings together the experience and technology of Nelson and Pade, Inc. with a University platform for education. Nearly every week I

A University Aquaponics Course!

If you’ve been looking for a University course in aquaponics but could not find one, your search is over! Nelson and Pade, Inc., is happy to announce that the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point (UWSP), is now offering a 3-credit, full semester course in Aquaponics – Introduction to Aquaponics. This course is a partnership with