A Community and Forum For Aquaponic Gardeners

Gina Cavaliero Brooksville, FL United States: Like

11 members like this; Share on Facebook MySpace Tweet

Blog Posts (16)
Discussions (156)
Events
Groups (18)
Photos (67)
Photo Albums (3)
Videos (1)

Gina Cavaliero's Friends

View All

Gina Cavaliero's Groups

Produce Marketing

65 members
32 Comments 8 Likes
Wicking bed growers

212 members
61 Comments 22 Likes

Florida Aquaponics

261 members
271 Comments 36 Likes
Chemistry, Math, and Aqu…

59 members
9 Comments 3 Likes

Aquaponics Association i…

46 members
3 Comments 7 Likes

View All

Gina Cavaliero's Discussions

Kudos to Sylvia!

Started this discussion. Last reply by Sylvia Bernstein Jun 12, 2012. 42 Replies 8 Likes

Hey everybody! Sylvia's book “Aquaponic Gardening: A Step by Step Guide to Growing Fish and Vegetables Together” just hit # 1 on Amazon's…Continue

Incorporating HAACP practices into a commercial business model

Started this discussion. Last reply by Craig Mullins Sep 11, 2012. 15 Replies 1 Like

There is much discussion about HAACP practices and how they might be incorporated into aquaponic commercial operations. While meat HACCP systems are regulated by the USDA, and seafood and juice are…Continue

Tags: aquaponics, commercial, safety, food, HAACP

Fine Red Hair Like Worms?

Started this discussion. Last reply by frank busby Mar 23, 2012. 41 Replies 1 Like

We have recently discovered fine, tiny little red hair like organisms in our net tank. We noticed the waste was disappearing and didn't know what to attribute it to. We know that gammarus have just…Continue

Tags: fine, worms, red

Aquaponics Association Conference Farm Tours Ride Share Discussion

Started this discussion. Last reply by Gerri Kier Sep 15, 2011. 59 Replies 0 Likes

Those attending our upcoming Aquaponics Association Conference and visiting the wonderful selection of Featured Farms can connect here to ride share. Any needing rides please post their info here…Continue

Tags: Farm, tours, Farms, Featured, Association

View All

Gina Cavaliero's Page

Profile Information

How did you find us?: other

Are you an aquaponic gardener already?: Yes

If so, what type of system? (pick all that apply): flood and drain media, raft, NFT, vertical, combination

How old is your system?: 2 yrs or more

What type of fish do you grow with? (select all that apply): Tilapia

How big is your fish tank?: 1600 gallons

Please tell us something else about yourself.: I am the Managing Director for Green Acre Aquaponics, a commercial aquaponics farm in Brooksville, Florida. I eat, sleep and breathe aquaponics! I also serve as the Chairman for the Aquaponics Association and am committed to advancing and promoting aquaponics.

Gina Cavaliero's Photos

Gina Cavaliero's Videos

"I Aquaponic"

Added by Gina Cavaliero 2 Comments 5 Likes

Gina Cavaliero's Blog

Commercial Aquaponics and Profitability

Posted on May 9, 2013 at 10:27am 7 Comments 2 Likes

The commercial viability of aquaponics is likely the hottest contested topic on most aquaponic forums today and is the million dollar question that everyone wants answered. While I'm still not willing to make my financial data public(you would be amazed how many people have asked), I will say that we are indeed a profitable farm based on revenue generated by the farm alone. Although our farm's revenue is derived in diverse ways, even after extracting any non farm related revenue from…

Continue

Knowing When to Add Iron to Your Aquaponic System

Posted on May 3, 2013 at 2:30pm 11 Comments 3 Likes

Knowing When to Add Iron to Your Aquaponic System

Ask most aquaponic gardeners or growers when their system needs iron(Fe) and the answer is usually always the same, when the plants indicate that they are iron deficient. Typically low iron looks very similar to a Nitrogen deficiency and is often confused for one. However, a lack of iron has a somewhat unique indicator. Usually an iron deficiency in new growth is evident when the entire leaf shows a…

Continue

Cold Weather, Aquaponics and Manatees

Posted on March 22, 2013 at 5:34am 1 Comment 3 Likes

Just a couple weeks ago we experienced a somewhat harsh freeze. I know that most people’s reaction to that is ” a freeze, but aren’t you in Florida?!” We are, however our north central location often sees the thermometer dipping into freezing temps overnight and as I often like to joke, we are nestled in the mountains of Florida after all, or as close as it gets at 220ft above sea level. I seriously doubt that it really contributes to our colder temps when in all likelihood our little…

Continue

Time for a Different Kind of Revolution?

Posted on November 21, 2012 at 2:30pm 5 Comments 9 Likes

Food and eating for our society has evolved far beyond the need for sustenance, but instead now has a myriad of social conventions associated with it. We share big announcements over dinner, engagements are made, careers are toasted and yearly rites of passage are commemorated. Food consumption is not just about eating to survive any longer but instead has become a venue for entertainment and social activity. Unfortunately though, this shift in our diet and our eating habits has…

Continue

Comment Wall (62 comments)

You need to be a member of Aquaponic Gardening to add comments!

Join Aquaponic Gardening

At 3:15pm on February 25, 2022, Magui said…: Good day,

I picked interest on you after going through your short profile and demand it necessary to write you immediately. I have something very vital to disclose to you, but I found it difficult to express myself here, since it's a public site.Could you please get back to me on(gm3619124@gmail.com) for the full details.

Have a nice day.
Mrs. Magui

At 8:03am on November 15, 2012, Tiffany Taylor said…: Will do!!!!!

At 6:57pm on November 7, 2012, David Schwinghamer said…: What small water creature would be good to eat all the poopie slime from the bottom of my water raft bed?

At 9:41am on July 16, 2012, Jay Wolf said…: Hey Gina! Just checking in to say hi and see how things are going. Let's touch base soon when you have time. Take care!

At 7:47pm on May 13, 2012, Mark Sylvain said…: Thank you for the welcome. Just started a small system in NE Florida. Look forward to visiting GAO when time permits.

Mark

At 8:11pm on April 4, 2012, Mark Melberg said…: Thank you Gina , looking forward to learning the site etc.Hope to make it to a class some time . The site is wonderful and I really appreciate Sylvia and Alan's work ! Aloha for now Mark

At 3:00pm on April 3, 2012, Mark Heaver said…: Gina hi, many thanks. I'm coming over to the US for the course 21-25 April. I'm really looking forward to meeting you and the team and have a look first hand at the excellent work you've been doing. See you then.

At 11:26am on April 3, 2012, Michael Stuart Askew said…: Hi, Gina, Thanks for the acceptance and welcome. I will load a picture when I can get my wife's help as I am officially a computer idiot. I am looking forward to lots of good reading here on the site. Thanks again, Michael

At 8:10pm on March 31, 2012, Ronald Wickline said…: Hello Gina,

Thank you for your kind welcome. I've studied aquaponics for some time now along with my degree in wildlife and fisheries. I'm retired now and in the planning stages of building a greenhouse for aquaponics. I've tried several different systems in the past and have my plans fairly well in place for my larger scale system. After eating marron and red claws many years ago in Australia I believe thats what I will raise as I love to eat them and believe after inquiring the local resteraunts that I can easily sale all surplus but I'm not familiar with their specific culture. So 'm interested in any and all help and knowledge anyone is willing to share with me. So I'm looking forward to learning your site and meeting many of the members.

Thanks Dale

At 5:38pm on March 30, 2012, Chris Carr said…: Thanks for the welcome. The system featured in your photos is of particular interest of mine as I am currently researching the feasibility of a similar sized operation as an early retirement project. The big twist/challenge however is that it would be implemented in Southern Vietnam. I don't see much discussion of similar topic here (and minimally on other AP forums) so it should make for an interesting thread :) Coming Soon™ I still have some more digging and thinking to do.