Researcher Explores History, Future of Sustainable Agriculture

February 6, 2009 Archives

Sustainable agriculture is definitely not just a buzzword but a trend in gardening, horticulture and agriculture. Author Dr. Rhonda Janke had an interest in what was sustainable agriculture of the past and what will it be in the future.
She interviewed dozens of people, traveling all over the country in her attempt to find the answers [...]

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Answers to “what happened to The Growing Edge web site?”

February 6, 2009 What's Growing

For the past week, we have been cobbling The Growing Edge web site more and more into what it will look like hopefully relatively soon.
The Growing Edge has had a web presence since 1993. It too, at that time, was pretty primitive along with the rest of the web. However, within a short time it [...]

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High School students use hydroponics & aquaponics in the classroom

February 6, 2009 Archives

The core of the whole agriculture project at the Cayman Brac High School (CBHS) and a focus of the science curriculum is sustainability. Using a hybrid hydroponic/aquaponic system the students are learning to grow vegetables using the waste of the fish. The system also uses solar panels for power.

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