We are the future of food, water and energy
We see organic food, clean water and energy without smokestacks. We see a healthy planet, happy people and abundant natural resources. Now, you can see it too.
Meet our teamMeet our partners
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Benjamin has 36 years award-winning experience in energy, water, waste, environmental and sustainable development. Founded companies - Watergy, Microgy, Byogy Renewables and Planetec, focusing on produced water, advanced biofuels, utility efficiency, pollution prevention, land use management and resource conservation. Certified as an Energy/Environmental Mgr. and Certified Cogeneration Professional by the Ass. of Energy Engineers and by the American Institute of Certified Planners. B.S. Environmental Design/Landscape Architecture, U OF AZ (1974) - M.S. Urban and Regional Planning, U of CO (1978)
BENJAMIN BRANT - CEO
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Tim has 35 years experience in energy, water, environmental and automotive industries. He has held senior management positions for companies involved in industrial process efficiency, solar, water, and biofuels (e.g. Microgy, Planetec, Lightridge, Amonix Solar) Tim also owned and operated a high-tech machine shop serving the aerospace industry. New York State University at Buffalo (1970) with scholarship for Tool and Die Engineering apprenticeship at General Motors Corp. Mechanical Engineering Degree from Rochester Institute of Technology (1976)
TIM BIEHLER - SENIOR VP SALES & MARKETING
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John Czingula, our Senior Vice President of Business Development, founded solar energy companies including Solar Power Roof International and Solargenix, who recently built and operates one of the largest solar thermal power plants in world with a 65 MW facility in Nevada. John has a degree in Business Administration from Wabash College.
JOHN CZINGULA - MANAGING DIRECTOR
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A Senior Scientist with the East Asian Seas and Terrestrial Initiative in St. Petersburg working for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. He is also Dir. of Research, Morning Star Fishermen, a non-profit organization (NGO) with a facility situated on a 10-acre site near Dade City, Florida. It contains a fish hatchery, a commercial-scale aquaponics system, a wet lab, and a classroom. Peter is a leading authority on advanced aquaculture and aquaponics combining the production of fish with vegetables in an integrated system. He is recognized throughout the world for his expertise in this emerging field. He has his PhD in marine sciences from Texas A&M University.
DR. PETER RUBEC - AQUAPONICS EXPERT
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Dr. Bull is Associate Director Emeritus, Science & Technology, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Director of Energy Programs, Midwest Research Institute. He has more than 40 years of experience in energy and related applications including renewable energy, energy efficiency, transportation systems, bio energy, medical systems, and nondestructive testing. Dr. Bull has a Ph.D. and M.S. from Stanford University and a B.S. from the University of Missouri–Columbia with degrees in Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
DR. STANLEY BULL - RENEWABLE ENERGY EXPERT
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Mr. Gatz is a highly regarded and experienced developer of advanced RAS aquaculture facilities growing fish in controlled environments. He has 25 years experience in designing aquaculture and water projects around the world. Henning has a strong background in advanced wastewater treatment technology. Received B.S. in Agricultural Sciences from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (1977)
HENNING GATZ - AQUAPONICS AND HYDROPONICS EXPERT
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Tony Hartman, is Managing Member, involved in strategic financial planning, project financing and investor relations. He is founder and chief wealth advisor of Denver Financial Group and the senior managing partner of Stone Mountain Equities, LLC. Tony was named a Five Star Wealth Advisor – Best in Client Satisfaction for 2009 – among many local and national awards. He has a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from North Dakota State University and an MBA from University of South Dakota. He was an Air Force Captain and worked as a nuclear missile engineer. And, he worked as a risk analysis specialist for MITRE Corp., a Washington DC think tank.
TONY HARTMAN - MANAGING MEMBER
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Bill Miller helped grow a Minneapolis Ad Agency from $10 million in annual billings to over $300 million. He was lead creative on a long list of national brands, including Lee Jeans, Federal Express, Audi, Sprint PCS, Rolling Stone Magazine, U.S. West, Aveda, Ameritech, Northwest Airlines and many more. “Perception/Reality, Miller’s work for Rolling Stone, was named one of the top 20 ad campaigns of the 20th century by Ad Age. He has won nearly every award in the ad business; numerous Clios, One Show Pencils and a Gold Lion from Cannes. Among many highlights of his career, Disney hired Miller to write the narrative voice of Mickey Mouse.
BILL MILLER - CMO
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Patric Galvin is president of i3 Capital Partners, LLC, a global management and holding company. Galvin will be assisting with corporate growth strategies, finance and international developments. He has a strong background in business development, environmental process engineering and design. In addition to his work as a research chemist, he built an environmental engineering and waste management company to solve Chernobyl radiation. He has received numerous awards including Businessman of the Decade the National Distinguished Leadership Award, and the Outstanding Young Men of America Award. Gradated Uof CO Denver, Bachelor of Chemistry.
PAT GALVIN - BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Jeffery Nunn is our Facility Manager, directing aquaculture operations in Arcadia Florida. He has over 15 years experience in the field managing both fish production and greenhouse facilities. From 2005 to 2010 he worked for Blue Springs Hatchery in Leads, Alabama where he was responsible for transportation and distribution of products statewide. He also was in charge equipment maintenance and supervised monthly inventory counts. From 1994 to 2005 Jeff worked for Ekk Will Water Life Resources where performed construction and maintenance activities for over 1,200 ponds handling fry to grow out, supervised pack-out of tropical fish for worldwide distribution. He was also responsible for training over 50 employees to maximize productivity and efficiency.
JEFFERY NUNN - FACILITY MANAGER
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WE PROVIDE HEALTHY CHOICES FOR A HUNGRY WORLD.
Healthy people need healthy food. It must be sustainably made, locally raised with minimal processing and use no chemicals or preservatives. We deliver on this promise.
Our protein is the healthiest and leanest, high in omega 3’s. It is tasty and safe. Our fish are raised in ultra-clean water with no mercury and disease.
Our salmon, bass and other fish products are certifiably “super green” exceeding all industry standards for sustainability.
Learn more about the world of fish farming.
Visit the Monterey
Bay Aquarium.
Click the fish.
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WE MAKE RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION
Imagine a technology that produces healthy organic food, clean water, and 
renewable energy all at the same time.
We call it ECOPONEX™.
ECOPONEX is really a “living machine”. It is completely self-sufficient and sustainable. And, it generates its own renewable energy using organic wastes to make biogas and power from the sun.
We even produce our own feed to raise fish. And, we also sequester carbon and recycle nutrients, all without waste or inefficiency.
“Ecoponex is as close to being perfect as mother nature gets.”
- Benjamin Brant, Ecoponex President and CEO
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WE MAKE CLEAN WATER FOR HEALTHY FOOD AND A HEALTHY PLANET
Clean abundant water is essential for life. Contaminated dirty water in limited supply is a health hazard to humans, plants, animals and particularly fish. The natural biological and advanced mechanical treatment processes we use in our REEF™ facilities ensures that the wastewater generated by our system is always purified. This is pure water that you can drink. But in our system we recycle it over and over again, thus keeping our water usage to an absolute minimum.
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YOU’RE LOOKING AT THE MOST PRODUCTIVE ECOSYSTEM IN THE WORLD
We utilize the latest techniques in Controlled Environment Agriculture to minimize water, energy, fertilizer and land usage. Biomass and solar energy is used to run the process. Algae is cultivated for animal feed and fuel. All of these processes are integrated into a totally closed-loop ecosystem. Patents have been filed.
The result is a food production system that generates 12 to 32 times more yield per acre than conventional farming methods, making it the most efficient and sustainable on the planet.
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WHAT WE DO IS BUILD, OWN AND OPERATE FACILITIES TO PRODUCE HEALTHY FOOD PRODUCTS
We build what we design. We operate what we own.
We locate where there is a need and a local market. We can export if desired.
We are not limited by climate, lack of water, availability of land or energy supplies. Inner cities, no problem.
Rural environments, we can make them bigger. Flatter land is preferred with access to roads or rail.
We call our operations - REEF™ facilities, which stands for Renewable Energy Ecoponex Food facilities. They are designed as modules and rural facilities look like this:
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UNTIL NOW.
Utilizing the latest in Controlled Environment Agriculture techniques we have assembled an array of synergistic energy, water and agriculture technologies that are integrated as a totally self-reliant closed-loop process...whereby the outputs of one process become the inputs to another downstream process without creating system loss or waste of resources.
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WELCOME TO THE SUNSHINE STATE.
We’re showcasing ECOPONEX™ at a growing number of places around the world. Our installations are carefully thought out to maximize production for the alloted acreage. We work with the available resources. We hire local people. We help create an abundant economy. We’re making a beautiful place for the Florida sun to shine.
WHAT’S ON THE MENU?
HERBS & VEGETABLES
Sweet basil
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Bell Peppers
Leafy Greens – Lettuce
Strawberries
FISH AND SEA FOOD
Coho Salmon
Hybrid Striped Bass
Pompano Bass
Malaysian prawn
Red Claw Lobster
(Australian giant craw fish)
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WELCOME TO THE FRONT LINES OF THE ECOPONEX REVOLUTION.
Here, in California, our bio-technology is redefining the way the worlds eats, drinks and consumes energy. We have developed the next generation of “green”, where we grow organically, make micro-efficient use of water and create the renewable energy to power the whole thing. Our California development is fine tuning tomorrow’s supply of food, clean water and renewable energy.
“No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.”-- Thomas Jefferson
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ORGANICALLY FED
ALOHA. WELCOME TO THE HOME OF REEF AND BEEF.
Ecoponex has formed a joint venture with Poimano Partners to plan, design, finance, build, own and operate a Farm of the Future in both Hawaii and Florida. We’re calling it REEF and BEEF.
REEF AND BEEF will produce fish, beef, fruits, herbs, and vegetables while generating renewable energy, clean water and its own animal feeds.
Our farm will serve military, major resorts, schools, colleges, and local communities.
We will be utilizing proprietary technology developed by Colorado State University. It cultivates energy feed crops using a cellulosic by-product biorefining system.
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PATRIC GALVIN NAMED TO AGREGY, LLC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DENVER – April 13, 2011—Patric Galvin, president of i3 Capital Partners, LLC (i3CP), a global management and holding company, has been appointed to the board of directors of Agregy Renewables, LLC and its operating division Ecoponex Systems™, it was announced by Benjamin Brant, the company’s president and chief executive officer. With the appointment of Galvin, the company now has nine directors.
Galvin will be assisting with corporate growth strategies, finance and international developments. Brant said, “Mr. Galvin’s expertise in business development, environmental process engineering and design will bring yet another perspective to an already highly accomplished board.”
In addition to Galvin’s work as a research chemist, he built an environmental engineering and waste management company that worked on solutions to Chernobyl radiation, and was a visiting instructor at University of Nebraska, where he taught environmental law and regulations to the Nebraska Industrial Council on the Environment. He has received numerous awards including:
Businessman of the Decade, the National Distinguished
Leadership Award, and the Outstanding Young Men of America Award.
Galvin holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from University of Colorado – Denver. He currently is the president of i3 Capital Partners where he has served in that position since 2010, when he founded the company. The founder and president of seven companies, Galvin has an extensive business background and specialization in global business development in a variety of industries.
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Our REEF™ and ECOPONEX™ technology
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7553 S. Gartner Road
Evergreen, CO 80439
303.670.0880
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