Get inspired to grow your own food by building your own aquaponic system and learn how to make it a productive year round food producing machine! Tawnya and JD have been full time aquaponics practitioners and educators since 2009. This workshop will help participants understand the key principles and components necessary for growing fish and plants together in a recirculating soil-less system. It is geared toward people who want to build their own aquaponics system but don’t know where to begin. We will provide in-depth coverage of the system components and activities necessary to start building an aquaponics system, successfully cycle it and optimize growing. The course will include detailed discussions about: