When the work dried up, Bryan Hays and R.D. Aegerter turned away from construction and sought a new line of work. Today, they have staked their future on an unlikely foray into “aquaponics” food production, an endeavor that requires both patience and lots of fish feces.
If done correctly, Hays and Aegerter, along with landscape painter Mark Ogle and his son Dave, believe aquaponics is both a commercially viable and sustainable form of organic food production.
