Commercial Aquaponics

Commercial Aquaponics Systems

For more information about Commercial Aquaponics: CLICK HERE.

Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems grow vegetables and fish to feed 240 people in a 10,000 square foot greenhouse (30m x 30m).

Feed 1,000 people in four-10,000 square foot greenhouses on one acre (929 square meters).  One acre of aquaponics creates a minimum of twelve new jobs.

One acre of land can accommodate 120 Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems.

  • These modules are installed in four separate greenhouses housing 30 modules each.
  • Each module is 5′ wide and 40′ feet long with 200′ of grow table space.
  • These 120 modules grow 320,000 vegetables and 92,000 pounds of fish.
    This food will feed 960 people which is enough food for them to remain healthy FOREVER. Plus, it only takes 12 people to operate a full acre.
  • Note: Aquaponics does NOT GROW wheat, corn, rice, rye, soy or most beans but it DOES GROW most lettuces and table greens such as kale, Swiss chard, bok choi and several blooming plants such as tomatoes, peppers, peas, green beans, cucumbers and peas, and of course, fresh-water-warm-water fish (tilapia or catfish).

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Colle and Phyllis Davis, inventors of Portable Farms Aquaponics Systems, announce the breaking news that one in four Americans are now suffering from hunger due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Aquaponics is one of many ways to provide food and jobs during these difficult times. 

Commercial Portable Farms® Aquaponics System
in Botswana, Africa. 100′ x 100′ (30m x 30m) 

Please read an endorsement from a Commercial Aquaponics Farmer and License Holder for Portable Farms® in Botswana, Africa, that we received: CLICK HERE. 

Phyllis Davis quoted in The New York Times April 7, 2020.

“Phyllis Davis, president of Virginia-based Portable Farms Aquaponics Systems, said its web traffic has doubled since the coronavirus outbreak. The company offers clients at-home farming kits, with online instructional courses on assembling its portable system and understanding aquaponics, a process of growing food using fish excretions as fertilizer. “Food security and sustainability are a very hot topic right now,” Ms. Davis said.”

To read entire article: CLICK HERE.

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
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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 for each Portable Farms Kit.

Most students complete our online aquaponics’ course in about twelve hours. It’s self-paced and you have one year to complete the course. Many families install a backyard aquaponics system over a weekend assuming they have some basic skills for home repair and have access to repair tools. 

Listen to Colle Davis, Lead Inventor, Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems, talk about commercial aquaponics and his book, Commercial Aquaponics GOLD. 

Commercial Aquaponics Gold, EBOOK. For more information and to purchase, CLICK HERE.

This comprehensive aquaponics plan instructs investors in the area of commercial aquaponics to make an informed business decision about commercial aquaponics growing in controlled environment agricultural (CEA)

We’re also offering TWO FREE BONUSES with the purchase of Commercial Aquaponics GOLD:

  • 1) A formal ten-step strategy business plan template designed specifically for commercial aquaponics growing to present to funders and,
  • 2) PFAS LLC’s Executive Summary showing production and operating costs, profits and best-produce choices to achieve the shortest Return on Investment.

One Portable Farms® Kit provides you with the technology to build one Portable Farms® Aquaponics System that feeds eight people FOREVER. One Portable Farms® Grow Table requires less than ten-minutes of care per day to plant, harvest and feed the fish.

    • There have been over 300 different varieties of seeds and plants that have been tested that can be grown in a Portable Farms® Aquaponics System. CLICK HERE to see foods we recommend growing in Portable Farms®.
    • The major food groups that are not recommended for Portable Farms are root vegetables (carrots, potatoes, onions, etc.) and corn, wheat, soy or rice. Perennial plants (strawberries, blackberries, asparagus, etc.) are not recommended because the plants are dormant nine months per year and do not produce harvest-able food year round.
    • Aquaponics is easier and more productive for year round growing than traditional gardening or agriculture and uses 95% less water. Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems also use lower levels of electricity and less labor than any other aquaponics system in the world.

PFAS LLC is an aquaponics consulting company. We offer online training instructing users how to build and operate a Portable Farms Aquaponics System for growing vegetables (primarily greens) and aquaponics fish in a controlled-environment greenhouse that is adaptable to global locations.

Our clients provide their own acclimatized greenhouses for their climate and location.

  • We always recommend our customers begin with a small aquaponics systems to learn to operate it and see if it meets their expectations. Even ONE MODULE to feed eight people is a realistic experiment to ‘get your hands wet.’

With an ROI (Return on Investment) of three to five years, and the possibility that by addressing a specific local market needed to produce a specialty (green) crop such as kale, basil or bok choy, and reducing the ROI to less than two years, investors start to take notice. When a single commercial installation pencils out to yield a net-net in the low six figures and the output can match any wholesale supplier’s prices and still make money, serious investors take note.

  • Read about the Yield and Return on Investment for planting, growing and selling zucchini.
  • Read about the Yield and Return on Investment for planting, growing and selling peppers.
  • Read about the Yield and Return on Investment for planting, growing and selling cucumbers.

 

The carbon footprint of each Commercial PFAS Installation can often be reduced to a negative value through the use of solar power or alternative power because the electrical requirements are lower than any other aquaponics technology currently available in the world today. The electrical needs are highest during the daylight hours and are minimal during the night.

This high-intensity food production and distribution model plan has been carefully designed to work in the urban settings of both developed nations and developing nations, ensuring an excellent return for investors. The time to break-even on each unit depends upon the vegetables and fish produced, but it is anticipated that an average three to five year ROI is possible.

If you are a sophisticated investor, represent an investment group, are a government agency empowered to create jobs, or you are a philanthropic individual or organization, please contact Portable Farm® for more specific information.

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  • Good day!

    My name is Chris Lee and I would like to propose a potentially a major business opportunity. I own 19.5 acres of undeveloped land in South NJ. I would like to offer the land for development of a large scale aquaponics farm. If interested or know of another party please feel free to reach out to me. Thank you for your time.

    Warmest regards,
    Chris Lee

    • Dear Chris:
      Thank you for your interest in Portable Farms Aquaponics Systems. In our experience, land is available both in urban and suburban areas, urban and country land.

      The issue you address involves building a weather-acclimated greenhouse for growing food in both winter and summer climates. It gets both hot and cold in New Jersey which requires a year-round stabilized indoor temperature of 65F to 95F. Then, installing 120 Portable Farms per acre. Then, hiring 12 people per acre to care for the 120 farms from seed growth to harvest and also, growing and harvesting tilapia fish. Then, harvesting and delivering food to customers and suppliers. There's a great deal involved. The basic cost per acre in this scenario is about $1.3 million to $1.5 million. The ROI is generally 3 to 5 years depending on the crops you're selling and at what price your selling them for to your market.

      Often people sell some of their land to afford to build a commercial set up. Commercial aquaponics is not a get-rich-quick business investment and requires sales and marketing prior to planting your first crop. Selling food in aquaponics does not mean it costs less than field crops yet you must be competitive.

      I hope this answers your questions.
      Thanks again,
      Phyllis Davis, President/Partner, PFAS LLC

  • Great ideas!
    Hi, I'm very interested in having a small aquafarm for vegetables and fish on our 2 acres..
    I'm thinking smaller individual greenhouses which can have different purposes such as some vertical if possible.
    How do I get more infor?

    • Moni - I have responsed to your inquiry by email.
      Phyllis Davis
      President, PFAS LLC

  • Hi I am Jose Burgos I love the Video I have A Large Land In Southern California In the city Called New Berry Spring Please let, I Know how I can start to help Feed People Create Jobs and More also

    • Jose: We are having a sale- August 2 – 6, 2021. Visit the link to learn more: https://portablefarms.com/2021/portable-farms-sale-august-2-6-2021

      Our NEWLY REVISED 2021 ONLINE self-paced aquaponics course contains all we’ve learned in our 49 years in the field of aquaponics and includes a Portable Farms® Kit containing the technology that is the ‘heartbeat of the system’ that allows our systems to grow such beautiful food and healthy fish.

      In celebration of Portable Farms® 13th Year Anniversary, we’re offering
      the sale of One Portable Farms® Course and Kit for $1,399.00.

      Buy one Portable Farms® Course and the Kit – $1,399.00
      or Buy Two Portable Farms® Courses and Kits – $1,999.00

      O’fish-ally Your Friends,
      Phyllis and Colle Davis

    • Thank you Jose. If you are interested in growing food commercially, I suggest you read our book, Commercial Aquaponics GOLD. I explains everything you need to know about organizing commercial growing. Here is the link to the purchase the book: https://gumroad.com/l/geyXl . We are here to answer any questions you may have. Please call on us: 804-467-3752.
      Happy Holidays to you and your family.
      Phyllis Davis - President, PFAS LLC pdavis@portablefarms.com

  • Dear Concern,

    This is Tarikul Islam from Bangladesh. I am interested to start a commercial aquaponic system at my roof. i have 4000 SFT free space at rooftop and 3000 sft and ground floor. So i want to make the greenhouse for plant at rooftop and install the fish tank at ground floor. It is a 6 stored building.

    Would you please advice your valuable comments and help us to install the complete commercially viable Aquaponic System.

    Will be waiting for your reply.

    Regards

    Tarikul Islam
    Farmers Agro
    My Email: tarikul@farmersagro.com
    Phone: +88 01678117117

    • Thank you for your interest in Portable Farms Aquaponics Systems. We do sell a course that teaches your to build and operate Portable Farms modules. The fish tank and the farm are CONNECTED so it's advisable to install them next to each other. We are having a buy one-get-one sale for our farms October 5 - 10, 2020, for US$1,599.00.

      We sell a book about commercial aquaponics. Commercial Aquaponics GOLD. Here is the link to buy the book: https://gumroad.com/l/geyXl
      This comprehensive information about commercial aquaponics provides you will all the facts you’ll need to make an informed business decision about commercial aquaponics growing in controlled environment agricultural (CEA).
      We’re also offering TWO FREE BONUSES with the purchase of Commercial Aquaponics GOLD: 1) A formal ten-step strategy business plan template designed specifically for commercial aquaponics growing to present to funders and, 2) PFAS LLC’s Executive Summary showing production and operating costs, profits and best-produce choices to achieve the shortest Return on Investment.

      Thanks again.
      Colle Davis, CEO, PFAS LLC

  • Dear Colle

    I'm in South Africa and wish to visit farm in Botswana. I am interested in buying your commercial farm. Can I please have contact details and address of farm owner.

    • I regret not being able to give you the farm owners name in Botswana. At his request, he has asked us not to share it. Sorry!!

  • Sales/Export,
    Send me a quotation for commercial aquaponics system greenhouse size 40length * 8Wlength,meters for fish farming only

    • We specialize in aquaponics, not aquaculture. We suggest you contact aquaculture specialists. - Colle Davis, CEO, PFAS LLC

  • I would like to start a commercial aquaponics system in my city's west side. The area no longer has any grocery stores, only leaving small convinience stores that charge a hefty price for fresh fruits and vegetables. My concern is that your e-book is based on structures that our 10,000sqft or bigger. The area I'd like to service has lots that are 6,000sqft or less than. Should I buy the gold ebook and will it help me pursue my dream of opening up a aquaponic greenhouse?

    • Alessandra,

      The Commercial Aquaponics GOLD is based on commercial aquaponics of any size. 10,000 sq ft is a common size and we used that size to demonstrate the ROI (Return on Investment). From about 2,500 sq ft up is commercial size, meaning more than a family can consume and give away. The information in the book is valuable no matter what size commercial installation you build.
      Good luck in all of your endeavors and buying the ebook is the best first step. Second step is to line up your buyers.

      Colle

  • hey are you guys a development team as well so can i buy your system and have you guys install it for me ?

    • Mohamed, thanks for stopping buy. PFAS LLC offers an online course that teaches users how to assemble and operate a Portable Farms® Aquaponics System. When the user finishes the online course, we mail them a Portable Farms® Kit to use in the assembly of their aquaponics system. Most students dedicate one hour per day for a week or ten days to complete the online course. They often build and install their backyard Portable Farms® Aquaponics System over a single weekend. Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems are in fifty US states and twenty-five other countries. You will need these tools: power saw, hammer, power drill, level, hydraulic jack (for leveling), staple gun, hack saw or PVC pipe cutter, box cutter and maybe a few band-aids. Think of the Grow Table as a large shallow tray on legs. You will need two people, three is better because the Grow Table is heavy. The hardest part of the process is washing and placing the gravel a slow, heavy and wet process best delegated to young, strong helpers.
      Building a Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems Module does requires some carpentry skills and a person with the skills to hang a door or build a cabinet will do a fine job.

  • Hello,
    Am a Nigerian civil engineer, what would it cost me for installation of 100by50 of green house in Nigeria.
    And what would it cost for the installation training .
    Thanks
    Sanya

    • Olusanya,

      If you are using metric measurements, the total installation will be in the US$120,000 range. The training is part of the Aquaponics University Course.

      Colle

  • I'm doing a business [pitch on aquaponic greenhouses and would like to know how much it would cost to install your system in a 100,000SQFT greenhouse.

    • Michael,

      If the greenhouses are already accounted for, the cost per 10,000 sq ft of Portable Farms Aquaponics Systems is approximately US$60,000. This figure includes the technology, the materials (not included in the Portable Farms Kits) and the labor to build the Modules. An installation of 100,000 sq ft will be in the range of US$600,000 to US$700,000.

      Good luck in your endeavors.

      Colle

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