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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: August 10, 2015, 2:01 pm
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NASA Astronauts Grow Vegetables in Space for First Time
Lorraine Chow | August 10, 2015 12:56 pm
Goodbye freeze-dried space food. NASA’s astronauts aboard the
International Space Station are taking a giant leap with its
menu: fresh-grown vegetables.
Expedition 44 crew members, including astronaut Scott Kelly
who’s on a special year-long mission in space, will be dining on
a crop of “Outredgeous” red romaine lettuce from the Veggie
plant growth system that’s sitting on the station itself.
Called the Veg-01, the experiment aims to “study the in-orbit
function and performance of the plant growth facility and its
rooting ‘pillows,’ which contain the seeds,” according to a NASA
press release.
The Veggie unit, which is expandable and collapsible, contains a
light bank that features a flat panel red, blue and green LEDs
for plant growth and crew observation (which explains why the
plants are glowing pink in some photos). Half of the harvest,
which was plucked 33 days after it was initially planted, will
be eaten. The other half will be packaged and frozen on the
station until it can be sent to Earth for analysis.
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Agelbert Comment: The importance of this is not that they can
travel to mars or establish space colonies. What is REALLY
important is that LED photon frequencies have been fine tuned
(for over 5 years now) so they can grow plants indoors.
That means that with a Renewable Energy source like PV, CSP,
wind, tide, etc. plus efficient battery storage, we can DOUBLE
(or more) our plant food production by growing underground or in
multistory farms. [img width=25
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These farms will be able to grow plants all year and, in some
cases, 24 hours a day. They will have climate control to deal
with our increasingly hostile climate due to global warming
visiting us from the stupidity of burning fossil fuels. As the
video (
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points out at the end, hot
sandy deserts can now grow plants underground in order to
eventually avoid the need to import vegetables.
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Also, tuned LEDs will enable humans to get vitamin D in low to
no sunlight conditions like winter near the poles. [img
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Google "LED tuned for plant growth" for more information. 8)
[quote]
"Technical knowledge of Carrying Capacity will not save us; only
a massive increase in Caring Capacity will." -- A. G.
Gelbert[/quote]
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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: September 18, 2015, 1:09 am
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[center]Biodynamics Farmiing[/center]
[quote][size=12pt]
The first person in the modern era to speak out for "organic"
agriculture was Rudolph Steiner.
But he went a lot further than just saying no chemicals.
Steiner had deep respect for the soil, plants, nature and the
accumulated wisdom of ancient people.
These are extended interviews taken from the film "The
Challenge of Rudolf Steiner" - [/size][/quote]
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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: September 19, 2015, 12:28 am
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New Farms Of The City
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Bryant Terry, the eco chef, food justice activist and author
speaks about the importance of a welcome trend: growing food in
the urban environment.
"I've seen amazing examples where people have taken their own
front yards and backyards and created these edible landscapes in
which they are growing these varieties of fruits and vegetables,
fresh herbs and even raising chickens in urban environments...a
farm can be as close as the library down the street and not 100
miles away from us."
Imagine all the vacant lots in all of our cities that can be
full of organic produce that need not be trucked in...
--Bibi Farber
This video was produced by Nourishlife.org, a national
educational initiative designed to open a meaningful
conversation about food and sustainability.
- See more at:
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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: September 20, 2015, 2:40 pm
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SustainableBusiness.com Newswire
09/20/2015 10:19 AM ET
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[center]Agratech Farms - Water Conservation With Hydroponic
Farming
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The world at large is running low in essential resources and
since water is one of them, saving it is a primary issue that
has become quite a challenge nowadays.
September 4th, 2015 - As one of the largest commercial
hydroponic operators, Agratech Farms aims to become the largest
in the world.
Recently it has begun reviewing ways to conserve water through
hydroponic farming. This method of farming is purely dependent
on water laded with nutrients and relative traditional farming
methods and it already consumes 90% less water.
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Agratech intends to
further reduce the consumption of water in its hydroponic
farming facilities.
The world at large is running low in essential resources; with
water being one of them, saving it has become a challenge
globally. In order to contribute to this cause, Agratech Farms
constantly analyzes its existing technologies to find a way to
better manage the consumption of water. Today 70% of the world's
water is used in traditional agriculture.
The fundamental use of water in growing plants hydroponically,
also uses coconut shell fibers and Styrofoam to hold the plants
at the correct angle. Under which, the roots float in the water
that quenches both their thirst and provides the essential
nutrients.
A spokesperson from Agratech says, "If managed more efficiently,
we can actually conserve 90% water in hydroponics farming. We
intend to play our part in the conservation of water, as that is
the essence of this method of farming. Not to mention Agratech's
underlying goal is to contribute in every way we can to the
environment."
"We also grow high-quality hydroponic produce 'Daily Fresh'.
Using the latest water saving and hydroponic techniques we have
developed sustainable hydroponic farms that promote our "green"
agriculture initiative."
With Agratech's vision to develop and educate the next
generation with relevant hydroponic farming and agricultural
knowledge, Head Quartered in Dubai UAE; Agratech have also
introduced hydroponic investments for private, commercial and
industry buyers and also established firm bases of operation in
Hong Kong, the Capital of Romania, Madrid in Spain, and now
Lisbon in Portugal.
The spokesperson continued, [quote]"Many of the mentioned
countries lack arable land and climactic requirements needed for
the mass production of food. Agratech's Vision is to provide
self sufficiency in agriculture to these regions all the while
obtaining an even higher conservation rate of water." [/quote]
Our technology allows us to grow 365 days a year in any climate
using state of the art technology that regulates the climate
inside our closed High Tech greenhouse, a series of sensors,
coolers and heaters allows uniformed production all year round.
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[I]About Agratech
Agratech aims to be one of the largest operators of hydroponic
farming facilities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
and Europe from their strategic base in the United Arab
Emirates.
It strives to improve the world's food security imbalances with
technologically advanced farming techniques coupled with clean
and ethical farming practices that produce fresh, healthy fruit
and vegetables.
Equipped with the vision to educate, teach and develop the next
generation throughout the globe with relevant farming and
agricultural knowledge, they also continue their local-to-local
philosophy to ensure job creation and economic safety throughout
the region.
Dedicated to balance being a successful business as well as a
socially responsible one, they aim to construct over 100
hectares of hydroponic farm land by 2020, but also to donate
produce to the United Nations and World Health Organization.
[/I]
For more information please contact:
Bogdan Ureche Development Manager
Agratech Farms
+97143132831
media@agratechfarms.com
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Agelbert NOTE: Why do I think this really will help (i. e. a
small portion of) humanity in a massively polluted, CO2 warmed
world on a N.T.H.E. trajectory? ???
Because of THIS:
[quote]"Increasing CO2 levels would only be beneficial inside of
highly controlled, enclosed spaces like greenhouses." -- Doug
Bostrom[/quote]
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[center]Greenhouses on the North Slope. Due to the increased CO2
concentration and greening towards the poles, these technofixes
(for the privileged few) will help deep pocketed Alaskans hold
out in a world of multiple species extinctions. Who knows? They
MIGHT even avoid N.T.H.E.! [/center]
See below: Future Success Story of Remnant, though somewhat
brain damaged from pollution caused DNA degradation, Homo saps
in Alaska:
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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: October 4, 2015, 9:34 pm
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London's first underground farm opens in WW2 air raid shelter
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Pea shoots, radishes, mustard, coriander, celery, parsley and
rocket are all being grown about 100 feet down under London
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[center]Michel Roux Jr in the underground farm Photo: Paul
Grover[/center]
By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor
4:07PM BST 29 Jun 2015
London’s first underground farm has begun growing herbs in a
disused Second World War bunker.
Growing Underground, the capital’s only subterranean farm, will
start trading to restaurateurs in Covent Garden within weeks.
The farm, in old World War II tunnels beneath the Northern Line
at Clapham, is the brainchild of West Country entrepreneurs
Richard Ballard and Steven Dring, in partnership with Michel
Roux Jr, the Michelin-starred chef.
The first phase of the farm, which includes a sophisticated
lighting and irrigation system, is in the final stages of
preparation for commercial supply.
Phase one crops include pea shoots, several varieties of radish,
mustard, coriander, Red Amaranth, celery, parsley and rocket.
“Our first shoots will be delivered to the surface in the next
few weeks”, said co-founder Richard Ballard. “After eighteen
months of research, development, growing trials – and
tribulations – we’re about to start supplying into the market.”
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Michel Roux Jr added: “I’m looking forward to creating my first
dish using produce from the world’s first underground urban
farm, less than two miles as the crow flies from the heart of
London.
“It’s great to be involved in this ambitious project, for which
we have equally ambitious growth plans.
“Above all, it’s fantastic to be able to source produce that is
so fresh in the heart of Britain’s largest city.”
• Travel Underground to the farm VIDEO: You’ll have to dig deep
to discover what’s growing down on this farm
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• Growing Underground: London's subterranean farm
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The crops are grown in a sealed clean-room environment with a
specially designed ventilation system, advanced lighting and a
sophisticated irrigation that enables the farm to produce crops
at very low energy.
The farm’s mission is to deliver fresh produce with zero effect
on the environment and all energy is sourced from green
suppliers.
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Growing Underground’s first commercial client will be County
Supplies London, supplying restaurants via Covent Garden market.
The tunnels were used during World War II as a bomb shelter for
London residents and designed to accommodate 8,000 people
sheltering during air raids.
The Mayor of London, who supported the original idea for the
farm through his London Leaders business start-up programme,
also welcomed the launch.
The Mayor Boris Johnson said: “This is a fine example of the
dynamic startups that are helping London lead the world in green
business innovation. I want even more entrepreneurs to help
create these brilliant concepts that are delivering thousands of
jobs and boosting London's green economy to almost £30 billion a
year. I wish Growing Underground every success.”
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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: October 15, 2015, 12:48 am
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[center][color=green]Organic Pest Control[/color][/center]
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Great tips!
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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: October 20, 2015, 5:52 pm
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Look Ma! No fossil fuel based chemical fertilizers, pesticides
or plowing and harversting machinery.
LOOK Ma! No nitrogen run off and no contribution to dead zones
in the ocean!
LOOK MA! No fossil fuel powered vehicles transporting veggies a
thousand miles or more from farm to buyer!
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[center]
Great article at link with Aquaponics and Nitrogen Cycle
graphics at link: [/center]
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Inside the Nation’s Largest Organic Vertical Farm
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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: November 2, 2015, 10:37 pm
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[center]Avoid Fertilizers, Pesticides and Lawn Mowers
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One concept of permaculture is to maximize the natural symbiosis
of living and growing things so as to make use of what nature
has already provided to get the job done.
A chicken tractor
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is a
portable cage that lets your chickens help you in 3 ways:
1. They weed your grass, producing eggs high in Omega 3
2. They fertilize your soil
3. They eat insects
Put 'em in there and they get to work. After a while, roll it to
the next location.
Avoid fertilizers, pesticides and lawn mowers all at once! [img
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--Bibi Farber
This video was produced by WD4 LSW
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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: December 2, 2015, 2:35 pm
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[center]Solar Powered ‘Farm from a Box’: Everything You Need to
Run an Off-Grid Farm
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Lorraine Chow | December 2, 2015 9:26 am
Shipping containers already make great micro-homes, but one
California-based company is using shipping containers to create
micro-farms. Farm from a Box is a complete, small-scale farming
toolkit that includes everything you might need to produce your
own food.
Each box comes in 10-, 20- and 40-foot units and is
pre-installed with a photovoltaic system comprising of 10
high-efficiency solar modules, off-grid inverters, a transformer
and distribution box and deep-cycle batteries for energy
storage. The array is backed up by a 3,000-watt generator.
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Farm from a Box is a modified shipping container with a built-in
WiFi, irrigation system, solar panels, weather tracking devices,
batteries and more. It also contains seedlings, farming
equipment and a training program to provide communities with the
tools the need to feed themselves. Photo credit: Farm from a Box
It’s also equipped with high-efficiency LED lighting, secured
storage, a mobile charging area, Wi-Fi and a remote monitoring
solution. Oh, and seeds and farming tools of course.
Each unit is capable of producing crops for one hectare of land
(2.47 acres), the company says.
[quote]“Farm from a Box is the ‘Swiss-Army knife’ of sustainable
farming,” [/quote]Brandi DeCarli, Farm from a Box co-founder,
said in September.
While Farm from a Box seems ideal for many communities
worldwide, it could be a food security solution for areas
without reliable access to electricity or water.
“Based on extensive field research, we found that rural
communities often lack the resources and infrastructure needed
to access nutritious food,” DeCarli said. “We developed a
toolkit that contains all of the core components needed to grow
your own food, on a two acre plot of land, without the need for
an existing grid. Imagine the good it can do by growing local,
organic food for a school, or helping jumpstart food production
after a disaster. ‘Farm from a Box’ enables and empowers
communities to provide for themselves.”
Thinking outside the “box,” the farm also comes with a training
program that covers ecological farming practices, technology
use, maintenance and basic business and entrepreneurship. A
fully operational pilot project is planned for deployment at a
local women’s cooperative in the Rift Valley in Ethiopia later
this year to help shape and refine the training and
implementation program.
A prototype installation called the “Adam” has been running at
Santa Rosa Junior College in Sonoma, California since September.
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[center]Launching of the Sonoma unit at Santa Rosa Junior
College’s Agriculture and Natural Resources Department. Photo
credit: Farm from a Box[/center]
The boxes are fully customizable and Fast Company reports that
each unit costs between $25,000-$45,000, depending on its
technology specs.
Last month, Farm from a Box announced a partnership with SMA
America, a noted solar product manufacturer.
“SMA is proud to partner with a company whose goal is to bring
independence to communities around the globe by providing the
tools they need to sustain themselves, both nutritionally and
financially,” said Marko Wittich, SMA executive vice president
of sales for the Americas region. “Farm from a Box isn’t
charity; it empowers and strengthens communities with
sustainable solutions, powered by renewable energy.”
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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: December 14, 2015, 7:28 pm
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[center]Talking Louisiana Oysters[/center]
Posted On December 14, 2015 by Ryan Ono
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[center]Dr. John Supan
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Ah, Louisiana. Famous for seafood dishes including shrimp
étouffée, oyster po’boys and blackened redfish. Although some
of you reading may now be thinking of lunch, there are some
great stories behind the recipes, and the efforts people make to
secure your meal’s ingredients now and in the future.
One of those people is Dr. John Supan, the Louisiana Sea Grant
Oyster Research Laboratory Director who oversees a new oyster
hatchery on Grand Isle that provides the larvae, or “seed”, for
shellfish farmers and oyster reef rehabilitation efforts. We
recently asked him some questions about how this hatchery helps
ensure coastal areas are resilient not only for Louisiana’s
culinary history, but also for the regional ecosystem.
[quote]Oysters provide a number of services to the natural
environment. They improve water quality by filtering water as
they feed, help prevent coastal erosion, and also provide
habitat for fish and other species. However, oysters and the
people that grow them face a number of threats.[/quote]
Ocean acidification endangers oyster production around the
country, and the shellfish aquaculture industry is leading the
charge to raise awareness of this threat. A result of a
combination of carbon pollution and nitrogen runoff pollution
from urban and rural areas, acidification causes oyster larvae
shells to weaken, decreasing their survival.
Also, newly released data show between 4 and 8.3 billion oysters
are estimated to have been lost as a result of the BP Deepwater
Horizon oil disaster in 2010. These impacts, combined with
ongoing impacts such as drought, floods, coastal development and
hurricanes, make for a tough road for oysters. The good news is
that there are things we can do to protect oysters and the
people that grow them, and we talked to John to learn more:
Ocean Conservancy: How did you get started with oysters, and
what do you enjoy about it?
Dr. John Supan: During my master’s degree pursuit in the late
1970’s, I worked at a pilot oyster hatchery at the Gulf Coast
Research Laboratory in Biloxi, MS. There, I learned about
breeding, rearing and maintaining oysters. I also learned to
build things, plumbing and wiring systems to support growing
aquatic organisms which appeals to my “blue collar” background.
I most enjoy the daily sense of accomplishment—seeing things
growing due to your work, as opposed to staring at a computer
screen.
OC: Earlier this year, the oyster hatchery you direct was
rebuilt and reopened. Can you explain why this occurred, what’s
new and what is its purpose?
JS: It’s been said that every storm cloud has a silver lining.
Hurricane Katrina wiped out our old facility, and due to the
recent availability of funds, I began designing a new hatchery
that could address the 26 years of problems I encountered while
running a hatchery on Grand Isle. Molluscan shellfish
hatcheries and the larvae they raise are very vulnerable to poor
water quality, so the new hatchery included features to address
this.
The old hatchery was operated seasonally (May-September) because
it was outdoors under a shed or building, so we could not heat
and maintain hatchery seawater temperature. That stymied algae
and shellfish larval growth, increasing the likelihood of
problems, so moving hatchery operations indoors with seawater
heating was a major improvement.
The new hatchery has many new facility upgrades. It’s now an
elevated concrete and steel building that exceeds hurricane
building codes. We can better filter and treat incoming
seawater. Another new hatchery feature is a back-up power
generator which is useful if power is unavailable, especially
after hurricanes. All these improvements will radically reduce
our post-storm recovery response times from months to days.
The purpose of the building is dictated by its source of
funding. The hatchery is part of a $17 million Louisiana Natural
Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) project of the BP oil spill.
It will be used for replenishing public oyster grounds and
providing oyster larvae and seed for private oyster culture.
OC: Ocean acidification is a big concern particularly for
Pacific Northwest shellfish. How did it become a concern for
you in the Gulf region?
JS: Acidification may not only be caused by carbon dioxide
impact on our oceans, but also by riverine or storm water runoff
in our estuaries. Over the years, I have seen oyster larvae
failures at Grand Isle and attributed it to unfavorable
conditions with our ambient water. Researchers working with
Whiskey Creek Oyster Hatchery in Oregon have seen similar larvae
failures due to their more acidic water. They discovered a
simple solution to save their oysters: pumping a saturated
solution of soda ash (an antacid) into the hatchery’s seawater
lines to raise the pH to 8.25, which is ideal for oysters.
Learning from Whiskey Creek’s experience, we are using soda ash
to do the same.
OC: What is your future hope for this hatchery, and oysters in
Louisiana from an aquaculture and wild ecosystem perspective?
JS: It is important that we have a viable oyster fishery in
Louisiana to help support our coastal economy, ecological
services, and our culture and cuisine. Wild oyster production
is naturally cyclical, but hatcheries can help augment wild
production by providing larvae for public and private oyster
seed production.
Hatcheries can also support private oyster culture by improving
survival, shell growth, meat yield, and overall production,
which traditionally accounts for nearly 80% of the oysters
harvested in Louisiana.
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