Irafs Aquaculture Group

Seasons Greetings to you and yours !

Very significant deal made by Canopy Growth and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Canadian Cannabis Industry is rapidly expanding with many multi- million dollar deals being announced quite frequently. New Integrated AgTech developments are changing the entire scope and importance of the green agriculture revolution that is upon us. It is safe to say that many more large and smaller scale developments will emerge in the near future. Sustainable controlled and secure farming is the wave of the future and not just in the Cannabis industry, but also land-based aquaculture and aquaponics growing.

Water really is everything. Aquaponics uses 90% water than traditional farming. Ever wonder how much water it takes to grow or make food we eat?

Aquaponics is all about sustainable farming.

Today, marijuana is officially legal in Massachusetts. 7News Jennifer Eagan breaks down the states new laws. http://whdh.com//thursday-marks-massachusetts-first-day-o/

A Micro-growers class is proposed in the Canadian Cannabis legalization framework. It is also getting the attention of big weed growers such as Canopy Growth. This is a section of the industry of great interest to integrated farming companies.

The IRAFS group designs integrated growing systems for multi crop production in closed loop secure farms. Using a modular approach these farms can range from hobby size to commercial scale in nature. #aquaculture #aquaponics #cannabis #zerowaste

On January 1, 2018, the biggest event in the history of the USA weed market will take place. Virtually overnight, California, with its population of 39 million people, will become the biggest legal marijuana market in the world. Im talking about cannabis becoming 100% legal all across the state of California. Soon to follow that will be the legalization across the entire country of Canada. ... California already has the largest USA medical marijuana market, with revenues exceeding $2 billion per year, and the Canadian medical marijuana market most likely equals or exceeds that value now. Canada is also about to go legal with recreational weed as well. In the AgTech field today, these market opportunities offer immense potential for business opportunity, with both explosive short term and long term growth potential. An opportunity for those that have the knowledge and experience needed to make it happen. We are talking about knowledge and technology that was once considered to be almost taboo, yet has now become disruptive in its market nature and very much positioned to provide tremendous opportunity for gaining a first mover advantage. We believe that there is a first mover advantage in growing weed using a sustainable approach that is best accomplished by adopting to the use of existing zero waste farming methods. Here at IRAFS we are working with selected industry stakeholders to use our Aquaponics growing system technology to produce high grade weed products in a vertical farming plan that also integrates the farming of sustainable and organically produced seafood and veggies within a single closed loop farm . Yes you read that correctly.

Integrated closed loop farming - the possibilities are endless. #aquaculture #aquaponics # farming

"Agtech is a sexy sector. Who would have thought?" muses Ros Harvey, founder of The Yield. "A very good friend of mine often says, To get anything done you need dreamers, dollars and doers. The dreaming is easy, the dollars you can usually convince someone at least the first time around what really matters is the doing." ~ Ros Harvey #aquaculture #It

Aquaponics - INMED Partnerships for Children is striving to simultaneously fight hunger and create economic opportunities for small farmers and their communities through its Adaptive Agriculture Program. #aquaponics #aquaculture

Ready or not, a new day is coming to California! In just six short weeks, the new year arrives, and with that, hundreds of thousands of Californians will likely turn to marijuana for a newly-legal recreational buzz. You might call it the Cannabis Express, and its barreling down the tracks.

http://www.metronews.ca//calgary-microgreen-business-growi #aquaponics

#canada #aquaculture Canadian aquaculture industry value in 2015

2015 Canadian aquaculture values table from Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Link http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/stats/aqua/aqua15-eng.htm

Found in the waters of the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic oceans, and a wealth of rivers and lakes in between, Canadas salmonid species are a powerful symbol of the wild and a valued part of our natural heritage. This fine silver coin celebrates the hard-fighting Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus), which boasts the most northerly distribution of all freshwater fish in the world.#aquaculture

Short video of fishing the beautiful Arctic Char. We farm this fish in land-based farms and we 100% support wild stock sustainable use and conservation. Arctic Unicorns is a catching title i think.

Local Food Movement