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Welcome to the Aquaponics USA Food Forever Farm™ Home Page  where growing food is so innovative it's almost Magic. We are going to take YOU on a Tour of what's possible for Agriculture in the 21st Century. The 19th Century marked the Industrial Revolution, a shift to powered, special-purpose machinery, factories and mass production. It wasn’t long before the U.S. and other countries challenged themselves to make Agriculture more efficient and the technologies of industrialization was applied to farming. It was called "The Green Revolution". Since then five million family farms in the U.S. have vanished, while large corporate farms have replaced them. The goal of these Big-Ag Farms–to be the supermarket for the world.


In this 21st Century, the pendulum swings back to a whole new way to grow food bringing healthy, organic, pesticide free food back to the people along with small farms serving local populations right on School Campuses. We call them Food Forever Farms™, and School Districts can build them using their Funding from the Annual Competitive "Farm To School Grants" that start at $100,000 and go up to $500,000 or anywhere in between. These Farms can range in size from 20 x 100 feet to 100 x 500 feet or anywhere in between. This new Agri-Tech makes all the difference. In some ways, it's High Tech. In other ways, it takes us back to the days when everyone had a garden and every Grandma knew how to can food. We invite you to read our MISSION STATEMENT below:

A Food Forever Farm™  is where Walls are made of Lettuce. The Wall below is made up of two kinds of lettuce, Butter and Romaine. You are seeing only the Butter Lettuce side of this Lettuce Wall™ that produces 108 heads of Lettuce every 8-9 weeks from seed in our Demonstration Food Forever Farm™. The Farm is located in the White Mountains of Arizona at over 6,000 ft. Yet, it achieves these production numbers year round because Aquaponics USA's  magical food growing Agri-Tech called Aquaponics is completely independent of Seasons. This Demonstration Food Forever Farm™  is 15' x 75' , which is slightly smaller than the 20' x 100" Food Forever Farm™ we have designed for Recipients of the 2027 Food To Farm Grant that starts at $100,000.  Why are we designing a Food Forever Farm™ for the 2027 Food To Farm Grant Recipients? Because Aquaponics USA wants to be the Vendor for those Recipients who wish to become a part of the Movement to TAKE BACK OUR FOOD and Make U.S.A. Schools Citadels For Food Security. We have put together everything you need to WIN! And we're sharing it right here. But first a little more about Food Forever Farms™.

We call it a Lettuce Wall™ Lettuce is one of the most popular vegetables in the U.S. ranking third behind Potatoes and Tomatoes. Food Forever Farms™ produce profuse amounts of both Lettuce and Tomatoes with Potatoes being a bit more of a challenge to grow in an Aquaponics System. A Food Forever Farm's™ ability to grow 2 out of 3 of the most popular vegetables for Americans is a strong showing. So is the fact that California and Arizona are the two states that dominate Lettuce Production (especially head and romaine lettuce) which is exactly what the AUSA Lettuce Walls™ are producing.

We are Grace Sylke and Oliver Duffy, Founders of Aquaponics USA. We have been focusing on our small-scale Aquaponics Systems selling Classroom Systems to Schools, but have just stepped into an additional mission to become the premiere provider of this highly disruptive food growing Agri-Tech that brings food growing back to local communities when a School District chooses us as their Farm To School Grant Vendor. The last 15 years of R&D by Oliver, a retired NASA Engineer, has prepared us to launch his proprietary Food Forever Farms™ Agri-Tech at this time. 


We’ve put in the hours and built two Demo proof-of-concept Food Forever Farms™. We are standing in front of one of our famous Lettuce Walls™. The Agri-Tech that grows Lettuce Walls™ can also grow other Leafy Greens like Swiss Chard, Arugula, Bok Choy and even Herbs like Basil on these Walls. We believe we are one of the only Aquaponics companies that has created a way to commercially grow Leafy Greens like Lettuce in a true near Vertical configuration complete with ease of planting and harvesting. 

We're going to ask you to sign an NDA before we show you our "How Food Forever Farms Work" details.  Why? Because Food Forever Farms™ are full of Proprietry Agri-Tech.


Below is where you can make your Request for our NDA. As soon as we get it back from you Signed, we will send you the "How A Food Forever Farm™ Works", a detailed Document that is over 60 Pages. This is the only Document that requires an NDA. Scroll down for Details on How To Write your "Farm To School Grants" and several other important Docs that do not require NDAs.


We are in a battle for our Food System. Everywhere you turn there are GMO's (Gut Molesting Organisms) that are making us sick and fat. Big Ag, Big Chem and Big Food Companies don't care about our health. They only care about thier bottom lines. We are their guinea pigs for testing unhealthy chemical additives and the next best pesticide. According to the Center for Nutrition Studies, "Food producers use any of 14,000 laboratory-made additives to make our food appear fresher, more attractive or last longer on the shelf."

 

It's time to TAKE BACK FOOD, the most important thing on our planet along with water. That means we need to return to our Agrarian Roots. It was only about 150 years ago when there were no Super Markets, no Pesticides, no Additives and all of our food was Organic because it was grown on Family Farms.


At Aquaponics USA, we are Revolutionaries who are proposing a new way to think about and grow our food! We invite you to join us in placing Food Forever Farms™ on our School Campuses where we teach our Children to grow food for their families using the most advanced Food growing Technology available, Aquaponics.


Now Learn about Why Aquaponics Is "The Future Of Farming",  How to Write Your "Farm To School Grants" and our "Food Forever Farm CTE Program". Just Click their Links.

The next Section is specifically for Indian Tribal Organizations, ITOs. Click on the "Return To Your Roots" PDF below to Learn about the fascinating history of the Aboriginal and Indigenous cultures of North and South America and how they are responsible for many of our modern crops.


Then Click on How To Write Your "Farm To School Grants For ITOs" and get back to Nature and feeding your People healthy, pesticide and GMO free Food.

Learn bout our Food System on our Aquaganic™ Page where we discuss the difference between Food grown with Pesticides and food grown Organically, Hydroponically and Aquaponically. This page is a "must read" if you really want to know what's happening with the most important thing on our Planet next to water, OUR FOOD!


Before we close our Home Page, we want to share a glimmer of hope, which just showed up when RFK, Jr. was confirmed as our new Secretaryy of Health and Human Services. He appears to be a serious promoter of Healthy Food, and started his mission to make U.S. Food more healty by  banning Food Dyes, turning the Food Pyramid upside down and shortening the long List of Child Vaccines. Way too much to discuss here, but these subjects will be coming up on our AUSA Blog.


Come back to visit us again soon. We'll be sharing the details of an upcoming Installation of a Food Forever Farm™ at the Biocybernaut Institute in Sedona, Arizona on our Projects Page.

On the Left is the Cover that Links to our Aquaponics USA Blog. We're planning to post more interesting articles about our Food System there and share how this new Initiative to place Food Forever Farms™ on School Campuses is going.


Remember, early September 2026, the RFA (Request For Application) for the 2027 Farm To School Grants will be Live. Read "Farm To School Grants" or "Farm To School Grants For ITOs" above to Learn where to go and how to Write Your Grant. $100,000 to $500,000 is Yours for the WRITING!