Courses & Events

Southwest Food-Tech Wednesdays

  At Bristol Fish Project, from 7pm – 1st Wednesday of the Month – Register on Meetup The SouthWest as a key region of the UK’s agritech sector has plenty of reasons to be getting together: Learn about exciting projects and opportunities in our area Have a say in stewarding the development of the sector based on … Continue reading Southwest Food-Tech Wednesdays

Aquaponics Workdays!

We meet every Thursday Evening (18:30-21:00) and Sunday daytime (11:00 – 15:00) to work on Bristol Fish Project’s 1 Vale Lane site… Building our dream Community Farm integrating restorative farming methods, community business and geekery! Please RSPV because we need to know numbers for food… MORE INFO and RSPV – HERE “Bristol Fish Project CIC is … Continue reading Aquaponics Workdays!

(Past Event) 21st July 2016 – Intro to aquaponics + Fish, Broodstock + Hatchery MGMT with Eric Roderick of FishGen

The first session of our 12 week Commercial Aquaponics Course!  Click here to register  It’s our great pleasure to welcome Eric Roderick back to Bristol Fish Project for the 3rd time! Eric will take us through his experience of farming with Tilapia and Aquaponics around the world. He gives us an overview of the state … Continue reading (Past Event) 21st July 2016 – Intro to aquaponics + Fish, Broodstock + Hatchery MGMT with Eric Roderick of FishGen

(Past Event) 11th August -Monitoring your system, water quality, Light, control system and Open Data Approaches with SENEYE

7pm until 9pm REGISTER HERE If we are looking at commercial scale aquaponics it’s vital to put in place a rigorous monitoring regime. Back in the day this used to all be done through an array of probes and sensors, then with the open source movement, more people were hacking together new ways to gather … Continue reading (Past Event) 11th August -Monitoring your system, water quality, Light, control system and Open Data Approaches with SENEYE

(Past Event) 4th August: Feed Options and Nutrient Profiling & Fish Welfare

REGISTER HERE 1st hour – Feed Options and Nutrient Profiling – Dr Rosemary Crichton Now part of the Bristol Fish Project Team – Rose has a huge interest in how aquaponic feeds can be produced from urban waste streams. Rose takes us through fish physiology and responses to feeds and discusses the various ingredient options … Continue reading (Past Event) 4th August: Feed Options and Nutrient Profiling & Fish Welfare

(Past Event) 18th August – Funding projects and writing proposals – With Kate Hofman

REGISTER HERE Raising the funding for an aquaponics project, regardless of the size, is hard work and takes time. But it can pay off if it means you can start your project! Kate Hofman of GrowUp Urban Farms will be sharing her experiences for applying for different kinds of funding and how to maximise your … Continue reading (Past Event) 18th August – Funding projects and writing proposals – With Kate Hofman

(Past Event) August 25th: AquaRoots and Byspokes Witness Session

REGISTER This week’s aquaponics evening class we have the pleasure of a witness session from the impressive Byspokes and AquaRoots team. Followed by Q&A and a look at AQUAroots mini system! Byspokes is a Community Interest Company focusing on sustainable community development through the implementation of projects, provision of training and consultancy to individuals and organisations in the fields … Continue reading (Past Event) August 25th: AquaRoots and Byspokes Witness Session

(Past Event) 8th September -Brand, Marketing and Distribution Witness Session

This week we are learning about the challenges to get product to market and considerations for Brand from Roger White of http://www.localfooddirect.co.uk plus some insider info on the experience of being a producer from this long standing pig farmer. Somerset Local Food Direct  started in 2002, working with Somerset Farmers Markets, as a way of making local … Continue reading (Past Event) 8th September -Brand, Marketing and Distribution Witness Session

20 thoughts on “Courses & Events

  1. Dan says:

    Do you reckon you could stream the courses on skype or have the transcript of them available for those who can’t make any in person? – i’m thinking specifically of the Jade Bashford one on the 7th – really interested to hear more on that but can’t make it unfortunately.

  2. Tina Hart says:

    Hi Alice,
    Do you plan to run another 12 week Aquaponics course?
    I’m based in Bristol and only just discovered your site.
    Many thanks
    Tina Hart

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