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Portable Farms

Published on October 28, 2010 in Video. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

I recently came across a show on YouTube called the Next 500. According to their site, it “takes you inside the most innovative and captivating companies set to one day emerge as Fortune 500 powerhouses.” This episode was about a former executive coach who turned his gardening and fish-raising hobby into a business that produces sustainable farming supplies.

Colle Davis, the inventor of Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems, majored in the field of Renewable Natural Resources in 1972, at the University of California at Davis, and he’s been refining Portable Farms™ Aquaponics Systems for the past 37 years.

After a career as a successful entrepreneur, businessman and consultant, Colle has always made the time to continue his research to reduce the chronic problems of tank sediment, and he discovered a new pumping system that solved all the clogging problems in the fish tank and made it possible for the system to automatically remove the sediments from the fish tank without clogging the pump to grow healthier fish and vegetables. This new system made it possible to fully automate the farm using his own unique engineering, so that anyone, anywhere, could raise their own food.

Video: Green Sky Growers in Winter Garden

Published on March 11, 2010 in Video. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , .

Orlando Event TV interviews Ann Lemis of Green Sky Growers, a technologically sophisticated and sustainable rooftop garden in Winter Garden, Florida.

This 4th-floor hydroponic sustainable garden is located immediately next to the Garden Theatre in a city called Winter Garden, which is just comical. Green Sky sells their lettuce and other products to 8 local restaurants and at the local weekly farmer’s market. See more video about Winter Garden at the Daily City.

Community Supported Agriculture in Tampa/Brandon: Lancaster’s Hydroponic Farm

Published on November 7, 2009 in Video. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , , .

Locally grown organic produce delivered right to your door every week, if you live near Tampa. The Lancaster’s Hydro Farm website says they are located in Brandon.
From T.S. Elliot’s YouTube Channel:

I get a weekly deliver of a fruit and vegetable basket from a local farm. I describe how i am going to use forever bags to store the produce. Do a search in your local area for the same service.


Do you have CSA in your area? Are you a subscriber? How much of your weekly food for meals is actually grown locally?