Friends, it is time for us to say goodbye. We will no longer be offering Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems for sale and we will be closing Aquaponics University. After 15 years of providing our technology and training, Colle and Phyllis Davis are moving on to other projects. If you, your group, or company would like to buy our company to build or sell unlimited numbers of Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems, please contact us, and we will send you a copy of our Offering Document.
Please contact Colle Davis, EMAIL, or call him at 804-467-1536 EST. If you own a Portable Farm and need to speak to Colle in the future, please use this EMAIL.
Happy Holidays to you and your family. May 2023 be filled with joy, love, good health, and prosperity.
Thank you all for being a part of the Portable Farms® Family since 2008.
Colle and Phyllis Davis
Aquaponics University presents
Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems
Concept to Licensing LLC and PFAS LLC offers training through
Aquaponics University, an online training course for assembly
and operation of Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems.
- After satisfactory completion of the online course, the graduate receives a Portable Farms® Kit that automates the farm and removes the fish’s (tilapia) effluent (poop) from the fish tank. After the water has been cleaned, it flows through the grow tables to grow healthy table vegetables.
- The graduate also receives a diploma from Aquaponics University upon satisfactory completion.
- Our online course requires about twelve hours to complete and must be completed within a year of the date of enrollment.
- A small family-sized backyard farm can be built over a weekend by someone with carpenter skills. If you can build a cabinet, you can build a Portable Farms® Aquaponics System.
- The formula of 25 sq ft of grow space is necessary to feed one adult table vegetables (greens) and a portion of fish (tilapia). Aquaponics does not grow grains or root vegetables (no potatoes, onions, radishes, etc.)
PFAS LLC receives a Frontrunner Award in the category of AgTech at the 2021 Go Global Awards.
Press Release: For Immediate Distribution
October 15, 2021 – PFAS LLC, was announced at our International Awards Ceremony as the Frontrunner Award in the category of AgTech on the 14th of October 2021, at the International Trade Council’s Annual Go Global Awards Ceremony competing against 6416 entries, coming from organizations in 178 countries. The Frontrunner Award is technically the top runner-up after the Gold, Silver and Bronze Award categories.
PFAS LLC offers their invention Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems as their solution for families and groups to create food sustainability year-round in any climate. Their ultimate goal is to stop the cycle of poverty and end world hunger. Their technology can be built on site and operated by semi-skilled labour to feed people, or the food can be sold to others in their community. The operators of Portable Farms® can grow a variety of table vegetables and raise fish in a closed looped system. Currently, Portable Farms® are in 25 countries and all 50 US States.
CLICK HERE TO READ Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems Online Course© that includes a Portable Farms® Kit.
Aquaponics University’s online coursework for Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems teaches people to:
- Build, own and operate your own backyard aquaponics system.
- Feed a family of eight year round with one module of Portable Farms® Aquaponics System.
- Start a commercial aquaponics installation by installing twenty to thirty modules and selling the food you grow.
This 16′ x 33′ Portable Farms® Aquaponics System will feed ten people
their table vegetables and also, a weekly servings of fish (tilapia) FOREVER. (Image below was taken 50 days after installation.)
Aquaponics with Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems 
(left) A newly constructed Portable Farms® Aquaponics System prior to planting or installing the fish in the fish tanks.
(right) 40 days after the seedlings were planted in the Grow Tables and the fish were installed in the fish tanks.
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View a 2-minute video clip of the interior of 16 x 33′ Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems – This small 16 x 33′ Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems (in above video) feeds ten people the table vegetables and protein (tilapia) the food they need for optimal health – forever in 528 sq ft total space and 264 square ft grow space. This YouTube video has been viewed more than 69,935 times.
Aquaponics with Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems To find out what is IN the Portable Farms® Kit and what is NOT in the Portable Farms® Kit , please request the FREE AND INSTANTANEOUS PRICE LIST (second box on top panel on every page of this website).
Please EMAIL US with a request to buy a Portable Farms Aquaponics System and we’ll send you an invoice for payment.
You may pay with PayPal, Major Credit Cards and Wire Transfers. If you’d prefer, you may call us to give us your credit number over the phone: 800-906-0256 OR 800-952-6224. We also accept checks, wire transfers and money orders.
Shipping and postage are included to addresses in the US only, BUT for all order outside the US there is a US$140 shipping and handling charge.
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- Learn how to grow healthy fish and vegetables to become self-sustaining.
- View photos of food grown in Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems: CLICK HERE.
Aquaponics is easier and more productive than traditional gardening or agriculture for growing food year round. It also uses 95% less water. Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems also uses lower levels of electricity and less labor than any other aquaponics system in the world.
Portable Farms® Aquaponics System in Southwest Florida is OFF GRID AND SOLAR.
This Portable Farms® Aquaponics System (above) is fully solar-powered. It has one grow tray that is 6’ x 16’ (96 sq ft of grow space) and will feed four people fresh vegetables and fish FOREVER.
How? The answer is simple: 1) Plant 2) Harvest 3) Feed the fish. 4) Repeat.
Kale and Bok Choy grown in Portable Farms® by Phyllis Davis, co-inventor, Portable® Farms.
One head of tokyo bekana (a mild Asian green) and one head of Swiss Chard grown in Portable Farms® by Colle Davis, lead inventor, Portable Farms®.
Phyllis Davis, Co-Inventor, Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems holding a freshly harvested bouquet of fresh greens.
READ FOR FREE: THE ENTIRE CURRICULUM OUTLINE FOR Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems Course© – CLICK HERE.
Read Five E-books (download) about Aquaponics-Related Topics
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Listen to Phyllis Davis tell you about AQUAPONICS GOLD: CLICK HERE. Greenhouse & Warehouse Aquaponics GOLD This ebook discloses the facts, figures and formulas necessary for successful greenhouse and warehouse aquaponics growing.
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Aquaponics provides ideal growing conditions for the vegetables and the fish;
- All of their food (nutrients) arrives twice per day of a warm fish effluent (heavy waste was removed).
- Nutrient-rich 80 degree F. water is refreshed and oxygenated a couple of times a day.
- The light levels are always perfect.
- The air circulates to reduce the humidity in the greenhouse.
- The temperature is pleasant and varies a bit so as not to be monotonous to the plants.
- There are no bugs or weeds or poisons in the farms.
- Since the plants have ideal growing conditions, they grow faster than the seed packets say they will.
- The plants are much healthier than ‘dirt-grown plants’ and as a result, they are healthier for you
- The plants require 90 to 95% less water than their dirt-bound relatives.
- The vegetables stay clean and dry at all times. The fish stay wet. 🙂
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Phyllis Davis was awarded Second Prize after presenting Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems to the San Diego Inventors Forum’s Annual Inventors Contest. View 8-minute presentation on YouTube video above (viewed more than 32,500 times.
The FULL Price List includes what is in the Portable Farms® Kit and
what is and what is NOT included.
GO TO SECOND BOX ON RIGHT PANEL OF WEBSITE: After providing us with your first name and email address, a link to the price list appears (in two seconds) under the box.
Please EMAIL US with a request to buy a Portable Farms Aquaponics System and we’ll send you an invoice for payment.
You may pay with PayPal, Major Credit Cards and Wire Transfers. If you’d prefer, you may call us to give us your credit number over the phone: 800-906-0256 OR 800-952-6224. We also accept checks, wire transfers and money orders.
Shipping and postage are included to addresses in the US only, BUT for all order outside the US there is a US$140 shipping and handling charge.
Is this suitable for Thailand? Here I am asking about the climate for working aquaponics and shipping the materials for building the systems?
Mike,
Please read the mother site at portablefarms.com for a better explanation of the climatic requirements. The PFAS can be build and operated successfully anywhere in the world because it requires being housed in a climatically adapted structure. We have opened our new Research and Development Center in Florida to address using the PFAS in the tropics where much less concern is directed at the weather and more to insect control and rain control.
The ‘materials’ that are shipped, the PFAS Kits, come in a box that is 30cm x 30cm x 20cm and 6.5 kilos. The rest of the materials to build the installations are available locally everywhere in the world and there is no reason to ship things like lumber, pipes, tanks and plastic if it is available locally.
You will need to take the AU Course first to have a better understanding of the technology and how to adjust the installation to the local conditions.
Colle Davis – Inventor
iminterested to learn , i live in nj, how do i get started? We are 5 people in the family. Im not a handy woman.
Julia,
Thank you for your inquiry into how to get stated in New Jersey. To do this right you will need to hire someone to build the entire system and use the PFAS Kit Option 2 to make it work. Start by signing up to take the course and you will have a much better idea of what is involved and more importantly you will know how to operate the Unit when in is finished and operational.
We look forward to your order.
Colle Davis, Director
I am ready to enrolled in aquaponics U and receive my portable farm system for free. What is the next step? Vanessa harrison
Venessa,
Please see the Commercial Aquaponics Course page for complete details. You can pay with PayPal, debit or credit card or wire transfer. Once we receive the payment, you can begin to take the Certification Course and upon completion you will receive the PFAS Kit Option 2 after paying the small shipping charge. It’s that simple.
We look forward to your order.
Colle Davis, Director
I’d like to know if there are any local Aquaponic farmers/growers in my area?
I live in the Kansas City, Missouri area.
I’m very interested in making a bit larger system than the patio set up, what size would you recommend to feed a family or group of 12? Would this be year round? Do you need a true ‘greenhouse’? Thanks, Debra
Debra,
Currently there are no PFAS Units available for tours in your area. An odd phenomena happens with a very high percentage of Portable Farms customers, they do not want us to let anyone know they have one in their backyard. You could be the first in your area and even charge for tours as do our California locations.
The guideline for sizing a system is that 25 sg ft of grow space will feed an adult year round most of their vegetables and two serving of four ounces of fish per week. So for 12 adults you will need 300 sq ft of grow space. Two modules will work very well in a greenhouse that is approximately 16 x 40 ft. The Grow Trays are normally 4 to 5 ft wide so two tray 30 to 38 ft long will serve your family. You do need to have the system in a ‘true’ greenhouse or as we call them ‘a climatically adapted structure’. With your system inside you would have production on a year around basis.
I trust this addresses your questions.
Sincerely,
Colle Davis, Director, Aquaponics University.
Looks like a great set of classes. Going to look into taking it.
Craig: Thanks for you comment.
If you have any questions about the class or the local area, please contact me for more information!
Colle Davis
760-208-2663 (Skype)
I am interested in aquaponics and like to add this to my greenhouse of 20X54 Feet.
Might as well get certified at the same time.
Rudi,
Thank you for your interest in aquaponics from Aquaponics University. You can sign up either online HERE or we can take your order for the training by email or over the phone.
The PFAS has a modular design and each module can support a Grow Tray of 200 sq ft of grow space. Each Module normally has a Grow Tray Table 5′ wide and up to 40′ long and with the aisle it takes up 7.5′ plus you need an aisle of 2.5′ on the last side. So a 20′ wide space can contain two modules very easily OR
you can make the Grow Trays Tables slightly narrower, and place three Modules in that 20 x 54 ft space. If you have three Grow Trays that are 4 x 46 you will than have 552 sq ft of Grow Space instead of 400 sq ft in your greenhouse.
Let me know which is better for you and I’ll work with you to really maximize the use of your greenhouse.
We look forward to seeing you at the training and your order.
Talk soon.
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Sincerely,
Colle Davis, Director Aquaponics University
We have many students asking for educational programs, Can you tell us the cost and particulars on the program. Most are interested in a “certificate program”.
Glenn
Glenn,
Forgive the delay in responding. You actually were on our new site before we had it finished.
You can now get all the particulars by looking under the specific programs on the navbar. The descriptions and prices for each one is listed.
Thanks for your interest.
Colle Davis