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I am personally terrified of aquaponics. I have these grandiose ideas about a great fish farm that can also provide my plants with incredible nutrients as well.
Then I get terrified at the efficiency. The never-ending flow of fish. The vast number of preparations that would be required to keep up with the fish.
I have seen aquaponics in action. And what they do better than any other system is produce protein.
This article is a great gateway to this source of fish. You will find a tremendous amount of information about starting your own system.
There are cost averages as well as item lists. All of this is great information if you really want to understand what you are getting yourself into.
If you are looking for cheap and easy protein, fish is the way to go.
Everything You Need to Know to Start Your Own Aquaponics System
Bonus: How to Make Pemmican, the Original Survival Food
Invented by the natives of North America pemmican was used by Indian scouts as well as early western explorers.
Native Americans spent a great deal of time on the go and depended on having portable, high-energy, highly nutritious, and filling foods that would last for long periods of time without refrigeration.
Pemmican is a portable, long-lasting, high-energy food. It's made of lean, dried meat that's crushed into powder and mixed with hot, rendered fat. This makes it one of the ultimate foods to have stockpiled for when SHTF or disaster strikes.
Learn How to Make Pemmican
People really should avert their gaze from the modern survival thinking for just a bit and also look at how folks 150 years ago did it.
These guys were the last generation to practice basic things, for a living, that we call "survival skills" now.
