Aquaponics 3 Day Intensive
- All levels
- 18 and older
- $795
- Earn 7,950 reward points
- 3555 Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL
- 28 hours over 4 sessions
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This course is for individuals seriously considering or already in the process of aquaponic food production on a commercial scale. This course is a comprehensive look at the design and build-out of a system, water quality, controlled-environment growing, daily operations, and growing techniques. Instruction will include hands-on work and lectures.
This is a certificate course.
Aquaponics Three-Day Intensive Course Sample Agenda
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Who should take this course?
If you are serious about growing food through your own aquaponics system and want the opportunity to participate in hands-on, in-depth professional training, this course is for you. When you complete this training, you will be able to design, build, and operate an aquaponics system for personal, education, or commercial use.
What will I learn?
What are the hands-on parts of the course?
A full day is devoted to a behind-the-scenes look at how Windy City Harvest’s production system operates, as well as the system's aquaponics nursery and the management involved in the integration of these two systems. Students will work hands on, experiencing all major operational tasks involved in running a production-scale system:
Regular system-wide maintenance:
Refund requests must be submitted to [email protected] 2 business days prior to the program’s start date and time. The registration fee will be refunded less a 15% processing charge. A refund is issued in the form of a credit on file (to be used for future programs).
Refund requests submitted less than 48 hours prior to a program start date are non-transferable and are not eligible for a refund.
Fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable on and after the program’s start date. We cannot refund fees requested on or after the start date of a program or for sessions missed due to student illness or other personal situations.
Registration fees for courses grouped and priced as a series will be considered one program and subject to all of the above guidelines. A refund request must be received prior to the start date of the series' first class session and will subsequently cancel your registration in every session of the series.
In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.
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Chicago Botanic Garden
North Lawndale, West Side
3555 Ogden Ave
At S Drake Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60623 North Lawndale, West Side
3555 Ogden Ave
At S Drake Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60623
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