Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

livingontheland - Re: [Livingontheland] World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture

livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Healthy soil and sustainable growing

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture
  • Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:32:20 -0700


Misinformation? You really think people in cold climates won't need added
heat to keep the aquaponic plants from freezing in winter?

Your accusations are getting tiresome and boring.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********

On 1/14/2011 at 1:30 PM Michelle Silva wrote:

>Paul, Aquaponics can be certified organic. I've already spoken to the
>certifying
>agency here, but not sure it's worth the effort/expense, since most
>members
>understand the value in what I'm doing.
>
>There are already commercial setups in operation that are certified.
>http://www.friendlyaquaponics.com/
>Again, comment regarding heating in terms of extra energy consumption is
>not
>necessarily true. I don't have any more time to keep correcting
>misinformation.
>Michelle
>
>
>
>
>________________________________
>From: Tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net>
>To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
>Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 3:04:34 PM
>Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale
>Agriculture
>
>
>Pete, I don't know if it can be certified organic or not, but another
>issue
>occurred to me about energy consumption. If you're not in the warmest
>parts of
>the country then you have to heat the whole thing to maintain water and
>greenhouse temperature in winter, and maintain it at some minimum year
>round.
>For the plants if not for the fish. Now where Mitch is in the Hill Country
>(love
>it, Willie country) you don't get the nasty winter we get in NM. Might be
>more
>practical there.
>
>paul tradingpost@lobo.net
>





Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page