Getting Started with Natural Aquaponics

It's possible to grow your own vegetables and raise fish in a self-contained system without being an aquaponics specialist!

Aquaponics involves creating an ecosystem that combines vegetable growing and fish farming (trout or other fish). This extremely productive technique, which requires little space, is relatively unrestricted because it operates autonomously. In the spirit of permaculture, natural aquaponics is the reconstitution of a concentrated river.

This book will help you get started with a small, self-contained system that's easy to install in your garden, and that you can adjust and expand as your needs and desires change. It will help you understand how simple it is to operate.

François Petitet is a true enthusiast of gardening, our rivers and their wildlife.

Physics and chemistry teacher in preparatory classes, keen on materials, DIY and experimentation (author ofDesign and Carry Out Physics Experiments, De Boeck, 2013), he has developed and tested productive aquaponic installations that can be carried out by everyone, adapted to the climates of our gardens, and our fish. He is already the author ofAquaponics: The Reference Guide, published in 2017 by Rustica.

He is also President of the Association for the Development of Natural Aquaponics.

Rustica Éditions is a French publishing house specializing in themes related to nature, gardening, well-being, and the art of living. It is part of the Rustica group, founded in 1928 and known in particular for its Rustica magazine, which is a benchmark in the field of amateur and sustainable gardening.