Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>]

Now that's intriguing, what can they eat that's natural for fish other than 
insects?

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 1/14/2011 at 10:03 AM gloria@aquaponicfarm.com wrote:

>That is why we grow our own fish food
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>Gloria
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>On Jan 14, 2011, at 8:41 AM, "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net> wrote:
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>> Just a personal thought, it seems to me that plants that evolved with
>roots in soil shouldn't be growing in water since aerobic microbes that
>normally feed plants can't survive in water. Haven't taken time to
>research it much and aquaponics sounds like an efficient, sustainable
>system, but a snag might be in how the fish are fed. Large scale
>commercial fish farming has got a bad name
>http://www.worldwatch.org/node/760
>http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/aquafarming.aspx .
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>> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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>> On 1/14/2011 at 6:22 AM Emery Mitchamore wrote:
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>>> "Unnatural" is not a very useful way to describe the aquaponics
>process.
>>> It's really a managed ecosystem; not at all like chemical-based
>>> hydroponics, and can be very natural.  However, the main point I would
>>> like to focus on is that intensive vegetable gardening is not
>incompatible
>>> with aquaponics or Permaculture Forest Gardening, for that matter.
>>> Although limited by my own time and energy, I will eventually doing all
>>> three + chickens and bees.  If another venture can be folded in, I'll do
>>> that too.  As we move forward into trying times, I believe we should be
>>> embracing all options.
>>>
>>> E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
>>> www.hillcountrynatives.net