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  • From: Pete Vukovich <pvukovic1@yahoo.com>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture
  • Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:02:58 -0800 (PST)

My understanding is that it is if left unchecked, but if its managed is probably useful.

--- On Fri, 1/14/11, Emery Mitchamore <emitch@att.net> wrote:

From: Emery Mitchamore <emitch@att.net>
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture
To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 11:35 AM

Is Duckweed problematic for lakes and rivers, i.e., invasive?  I wouldn't want to run afoul of the plant police.

E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
www.hillcountrynatives.net



On Jan 14, 2011, at 12:14 PM, paul@oneseedling.com wrote:

> We feed duckweed which not only grows in adjacent tanks of the aquaponic system but in the effluent from the methane  biodigestor. Duckweed can be fed to all livestock except horses. We have fed it to rabbits, fish, chickens, pigs, geese and goats. 
> Paul the Skeptic
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 14, 2011, at 10:53 AM, "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> Now that's intriguing, what can they eat that's natural for fish other than insects?
>>
>> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
>>
>> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
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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
>>>
>>> Gloria
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jan 14, 2011, at 8:41 AM, "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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 .
>>>>
>>>> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
>>>>
>>>> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
>>>>
>>>> On 1/14/2011 at 6:22 AM Emery Mitchamore wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "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
>>
>>
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