Fish amino acid
Where can I purchase already made FAA? Jeremiah Hinton is mentioned in the knf certification video but I can’t find him/it anywhere.
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look up Hydrolized fish fertilizer, this is pretty much KNF style product found in many garden and farm supply stores.
From the KNF library
From the KNF library
Drafted by Claude from Office Hours and the books
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Sep 2026
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6 sources
Drake says hydrolysate is not FAA. FAA ferments raw fish with sugar and lactic acid bacteria without heat, while commercial hydrolysate is often ground hot enough to denature the proteins (Office Hours Ep. 11, 7:13). Drake calls FAA the better product (Office Hours Ep. 69, 1:01:12). He puts a fair retail price for real FAA at about a thousand dollars a gallon (Office Hours Oct 2025, 53:11).
To make it:
- Use fish waste. Heads work best (Office Hours Ep. 69, 45:11).
- Mix equal weights of sugar and fish (Office Hours Mar 2025, 7:53).
- Use the liquid once it is fully liquefied. It keeps improving for up to three years (Office Hours Ep. 126, 37:57).
The library names no seller of finished FAA and never mentions Jeremiah Hinton.
Sources
- 45:11 Office Hours Ep. 69 (Mar 2023) — Fish Amino Acid (FAA) Recipe, Vinegar Pasteurization, JMS Starches · “heads work best; guts are only so-so because of the extra liquid”
- 7:13 Office Hours Ep. 11 (Nov 2021) — Fish Amino Acid vs Hydrolysate, IMO Heat, Seed Soak Storage · “FAA ferments raw fish with sugar and lactic acid bacteria without heat, keeping amino acids simple, while commercial hydrolysate is often ground hot enough to denature the proteins.”
- 1:01:12 Office Hours Ep. 69 (Mar 2023) — Fish Amino Acid (FAA) Recipe, Vinegar Pasteurization, JMS Starches · “hydrolysate is heated and industrially processed, which denatures the proteins, making FAA the better product.”
- 37:57 Office Hours Ep. 126 (May 2024) — KNF Chicken Feeder, JADAM Pesticide Recipes, Cassava Polyculture · “As soon as it's fully liquefied, and it keeps improving for up to three years.”
- 7:53 Office Hours (Mar 2025) — Vinegar Brix Ratios, FAA Staging, Slight Yellowing Phase · “FAA only needs equal weights of sugar and fish.”
- 53:11 Office Hours (Oct 2025) — FPJ Sinks vs Sources, IMO4 Bog Soil Myth, Bee Feed Without Sugar · “About a thousand dollars a gallon is fair market price, given a year-plus cold ferment with no heat or pressure and intact proteins.”
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