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Alternative farming Anonymous 07/17/15 (Fri) 06:01:20 25462c No.1991

I'm considering opening a large scale commercial aqua/hydroponics farm on the northeast and produce produce and fish year round, and be primed and ready when certain federal laws change

I need pdfs on everything from basic hydroponics, aquaponics, plant pathology, commercial indoor farming/sustainable farming, what fish/crops are suitable and not suitable to do on a scale such as this

Everything of that sort would be greatly appreciated

Anonymous 07/17/15 (Fri) 15:24:34 a7d6f9 No.1993

File: 1437146674020.pdf (7.65 MB, Sylvia Bernstein-Aquaponic….pdf)

Only book I found was this. I know it says "gardening" but a review on Amazon said it's good for small scale commercial enterprise too.

Good information on aquaponics is hard to come by. Well it's not perhaps but the problem is knowing who to listen to.

This Quora page contains some good links, especially from Chris Lukenbill-

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-resources-for-starting-out-in-aquaponics

Also if you're seriously considering a business in aquaponics you shouldn't listen to people who tell you how great and easy it is. I've no experience myself but a little research tells me it's hard work trying to turn a profit.

http://www.microponics.net.au/editorial/commercial-aquaponics-show-me-the-money/

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0044848614004724

For Hydroponics and the other stuff I'll have to check back after I do some more research. This is a subject that has interested me lately also. I've tried researching aeroponics too but I've not seen any good books on the subject and only a few videos on small scale "backyard" stuff. I think there's is some NASA papers on the subject but I don't know where. I did find a good aeroponics blog if you're interested? Trouble is I don't know if it could ever be commercial at this stage.

Anonymous 07/17/15 (Fri) 17:26:35 a7d6f9 No.1995

Ok so I found you a few things on Hydroponics. You might have them already since they were pretty easy to find.

I think this one is too large to post, or else my upload speed is shit (which I know it is) so I'm just going to post a link to it.

http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=78A23809D9013691450235620CE29656

It had mixed reviews on Amazon so I'm not sure how good it is.

Anonymous 07/17/15 (Fri) 17:40:12 a7d6f9 No.1996

These next 3 are supposed to be good for beginners. Again I can't seem to post them so Links-

1. Hobby Hydroponics- Howard M.Resh

http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=a5f737d5163dde18c1441029d6fd8832

2.Hydroponics for the Home Grower- Howard M. Resh

http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=2ea4fb9930d31ae5a6e303520e37df76

3. How-To Hydroponics, Fourth Edition- Keith Roberto

http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=27841351520b21df4d6856c0f72494ed

Anonymous 07/17/15 (Fri) 17:47:31 a7d6f9 No.1997

Apparently this one is good if you know the basics and want to move to scale up your operation.

Hydroponic Food Production: A Definitive Guidebook for the Advanced Home Gardener and the Commercial Hydroponic Grower - Howard M. Resh-

http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=0fdabc288e4bfc514159dafb42bf00c5

Also found this page with some links to Youtube channels and some blogs and forums-

http://www.epicgardening.com/beginners-books-videos-hydroponics/

Anonymous 07/17/15 (Fri) 18:43:33 a7d6f9 No.1998

Here's some plant pathology for you.

Plant Pathology, Fifth Edition by George N. Agrios

http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=15F919D600F6A3F630AE64AC959CF516

Also some plant physiology

Plant Physiology by Lincoln Taiz, Eduardo Zeiger (this is only 3rd edition, I think 5th is the latest but I can't find it).

http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=D06A6BA80C025E2852C1C83B46186F59

Anonymous 07/17/15 (Fri) 19:15:51 a7d6f9 No.1999

And here's some interesting articles about indoor growing-

http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/jul/15/urban-farming-tech-indoor-garden-food-supply

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21602194-indoor-farming-may-be-taking-root-light-fantastic

http://www.newscenter.philips.com/main/standard/news/press/2014/20140509-philips-and-green-sense-farms-usher-in-new-era-of-indoor-farming.wpd#.ValTcPmCK72

https://canwefeedtheworld.wordpress.com/2014/08/08/the-indoor-farming-revolution/

http://ecowatch.com/2015/01/28/worlds-largest-indoor-farm/

http://tech.co/indoor-farming-offers-tech-investment-opportunities-for-the-future-2015-04

That last one has some good links to new companies offering new technology for high tech indoor growing.

That's it from me for now. I'll try and find some more stuff over the weekend.

Anonymous 07/21/15 (Tue) 15:57:09 25462c No.2026

Thanks yo, greatly appreciated

My boss is building a decent sized greenhouse in his to see if we can do this. Im using my basement for a growroom to see what we can do with minimal natural light (obviously using artificial lighting)

Anonymous 07/22/15 (Wed) 19:40:38 722c52 No.2039

>>2026

No problem. Finding all this stuff has re-inspired me to try something like this myself.

A couple of those article links had stuff about LED lighting from Philips. It looks great but I have no idea how costly it is. Supposedly you'll earn the money back from your initial investment once you start producing due to lower electric usage and more efficiency. I'm sure you could find cheaper LED lighting if you're just starting in your basement though.

Anonymous 07/22/15 (Wed) 19:46:06 722c52 No.2040

Here's a link to a page with Philips LED lighting brochures if you want it for the future though-

http://www.lighting.philips.com/main/products/horticulture/products.html

Anonymous 07/31/15 (Fri) 03:13:41 6b04bc No.2098

>>1991

Bill Mollison - Aquaculture A Permaculture Perspective (12 Hours mp3)

Then anything else by Mollison would greatly benefit any agriculture venture.

https://thepiratebay.la/torrent/6095019/Permaculture_collection_-_audio_video_text_-_30GB

You have to pick it out of the larger torrent