Hydroponics

More With Less — Cedar Sol Hydro Farm

August 30, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

In Northern Michigan, two former school teachers quit teaching school when their son was born six years ago and started a farm using vertically stacked hydroponic units to grow vegetables as Kristine Morris reports for Morning Star Publishing,
Sol Hydro offers sustainable farming in limited space on a clean and attractive plot of land about 10,000 [...]

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NYC Restaurant With A Rooftop Hydroponic Garden

August 15, 2010 Hydroponics

Usually ABC’s Nightline program would run a story about hydroponics that is all about growing marijuana. They deviated from their usual norm by running this story about a soon to open restaurant in New York City serving vegetables grown hydroponically on their roof, supplying their operation with much of their fresh produce. The video below [...]

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Cleveland’s Green Acre Plaza

August 14, 2010 Aquaponics

Will Allen’s Growing Power in Milwaukee, Wisc. is the model for urban farming that many are duplicating. Now, in Cleveland, Ohio, Green Acres Plaza is a planned 60,000 sq. ft. agricultural structure designed for production, distribution, and the processing of locally and regionally grown foods. From Green Acres Plaza’s web site,
Green Acres Plaza will serve [...]

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Gulf Fisherman Turns To Aquaponics To Save His Business After BP Oil Disaster

August 14, 2010 Aquaponics

Ken Haney is a Gulf fisherman who has been temporarily put out of business because of the BP oil disaster. He isn’t letting the oil spill close his business altogether though. He has turned to Florida based Morningstar Fishermen (an organization Growing Edge reported on earlier this year, Click HERE for that story) to teach [...]

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Aquaponics vs Soil Grown Vegetables

August 10, 2010 Aquaponics

Aquaponics is the raising of fish in large (usually 500 gallons or more) containers and pumping the waste water to plants growing hydroponically nearby. The waste water is “polished” or cleaned of the fish waste and is recycled back to the fish tanks. A very vibrant bio/bacterial colony is created which helps in the digestion [...]

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Aquaponics “How To” – Part 2: Grow Beds and Fish Tanks

August 5, 2010 Aquaponics

This article continues a monthly series about aquaponics and all the components you need to build your own a thriving aquaponics system. This month we will talk about fish tanks and grow beds, and the optimal size ratio between the two.
Fish Tank
Sizing your fish tank defines the ultimate size and flexibility of your aquaponics [...]

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Is Organic Hydroponic Gardening Truly Organic?

July 29, 2010 Farm/Garden Politics

nna Hart writes for OrganicSpringtime.com,
Hydroponics is defined by Merriam Webster Online Dictionary as: “the growing of plants in nutrient solutions with or without an inert medium (as soil) to provide mechanical support.”
Can hydroponic gardening qualify as organic hydroponic gardening? Some organic gardeners believe it cannot, since it uses no soil. Good soil is required, they [...]

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Growing Food Locally — Integrating Agriculture Into The Built Environment

July 19, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

Environmental Building News/Building Green reports on the trend across the US and Canada to grow food on building roofs and vacant land in urban areas,
Tremendous energy is expended transporting food from fields around to world to our tables. Large-scale, centralized food production is vulnerable to disease and other threats, and there are health benefits to [...]

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Growing Vegetables In The Australian Desert, Thanks To Desalination Technology

July 11, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

Nigel Austin reports for Adeliade Now,
The multi-million-dollar greenhouse in the South Australian desert will be run on desalinated water and is expected to create up to 100 jobs within two years.
A revolutionary seawater greenhouse project on the eastern shore of upper Spencer Gulf, 20km south of Port Augusta, is nearing completion in an ambitious approach [...]

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Aquaponics “How To” – Part One: Why Aquaponics and What Type of System?

July 6, 2010 Aquaponics

This article begins a monthly series about aquaponics that will focus in detail on all the components of a thriving aquaponics system, from the fish, plants and bacteria to the grow beds, fish tanks and plumbing options.  We will also talk about worms as the secret weapon of media-based aquaponics as well as  the different [...]

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