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  • 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 19:19:38 -0700


I "slammed aquaponics"? Can you try to refer to different views without going
over the top? As in civil discourse. TONE IT DOWN.

And I don't think we necessarily need to "be open to all possible ways of
growing sustainably". I think it would be wiser to search out the most
practical and economical ways for each of us to produce the best food with
what we have wherever we are, and pursue that. I've heard plenty about
aquaponics for many years and I'm just not interested.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 1/14/2011 at 3:39 PM Michelle Silva wrote:

>We are now talking about the cons of aquaponics in cold areas
>specifically, at
>first you slammed aquaponics in general without much basis. Yes, plants
>would
>need to be protected (possibly with hoop houses, article in Mother Earth
>News
>article about the use of them under 2' of snow) and cold tolerant fish
>can be
>used in tanks in the ground for extra insulation and there are other
>things
>that are possible to do as well.
>I was referring to the fact that you were pointing out energy consumption
>as a
>con..I have not looked into this since I live in Florida, but I believe we
>need
>to be creative and open to all possible ways of growing sustainably before
>it
>becomes a necessity. Growing Power (in the Wikipedia link) is another
>great
>source for those looking for more information on aquaponics. It's also
>being
>done and introduced in areas that don't have access to lots of fresh water.
>






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