I've always wanted to be self sufficient and decided that if I could do it for myself I could make a business out of it. 

I decided to take the plunge and set up a Kickstarter project to provide the funds to create this dream, however the success of this will depend on how many people will back my project as it's an all or nothing. 

I'm keeping positive that there will be plenty like minded people out there who will donate and help get this project off the ground (no pun intended) as it will provide local employment and great tasting fresh food without any pesticides or man made fertiliser.

Robert G. Coghill

Aztec cultivated agricultural islands known as chinampas and are considered by some as the first form of aquaponics for agricultural use [10][11] where plants were raised on stationary (and sometime movable) islands in lake shallows and waste materials dredged from the Chinampa canals and surrounding cities are used to manually irrigate the plants.

South China and Thailand who cultivated and farmed rice in paddy fields in combination with fish are cited as examples of early aquaponics. These poly-cultural farming systems existed in many Far Eastern countries and raised fish such as the oriental loach, swamp eel, Common and crucian carp as well as pond snails in the paddies.