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Re: [Market-farming] Are Organic Hydroponic Greenhouses Environmentally Sustainable
- From: Allan Balliett <igg AT igg.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Are Organic Hydroponic Greenhouses Environmentally Sustainable
- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:16:01 -0500
The backyard garden seems most sustainable. A hoop house or high tunnel
might come next. Where would hydroponics fit in? Would productivity and
low transportation costs make it worth while?
I'd love to be corrected on this assumption: hydroponic operations are not sustainable in any sense of the word and, to be effective, require never ending purchased inputs. Ecologically, the plastic of a hoop house can be rationalized by the savings in petroleum local food achieves. With hydro, you add substantial overhead (and costs) with all the additional plastic pots, troughs, pipes and hose that must be purchased in. To what benefit over from-the-Earth raised beds?
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Errol Castens, 12/12/2005
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[Market-farming] Are Organic Hydroponic Greenhouses Environmentally Sustainable,
Marty Kraft, 12/13/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Are Organic Hydroponic Greenhouses Environmentally Sustainable,
Allan Balliett, 12/13/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Are Organic Hydroponic Greenhouses Environmentally Sustainable,
Brigette Leach, 12/13/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Are Organic Hydroponic Greenhouses Environmentally Sustainable, Tradingpost, 12/13/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Are Organic Hydroponic Greenhouses Environmentally Sustainable, James H. Corey, 12/13/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Are Organic Hydroponic Greenhouses Environmentally Sustainable,
Brigette Leach, 12/13/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Are Organic Hydroponic Greenhouses EnvironmentallySustainable, Bill Shoemaker, 12/13/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Are Organic Hydroponic Greenhouses Environmentally Sustainable,
road's end farm, 12/13/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Are Organic Hydroponic Greenhouses Environmentally Sustainable,
Tradingpost, 12/13/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Are Organic Hydroponic Greenhouses Environmentally Sustainable,
Allan Balliett, 12/13/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Are Organic Hydroponic Greenhouses Environmentally Sustainable,
Tradingpost, 12/13/2005
- [Market-farming] Humus-rich soil/ was Hydroponic Greenhouses, Tradingpost, 12/13/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Are Organic Hydroponic Greenhouses Environmentally Sustainable, Allan Balliett, 12/13/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Are Organic Hydroponic Greenhouses Environmentally Sustainable,
Tradingpost, 12/13/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Are Organic Hydroponic Greenhouses Environmentally Sustainable,
Allan Balliett, 12/13/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Are Organic Hydroponic Greenhouses Environmentally Sustainable,
Tradingpost, 12/13/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Are Organic Hydroponic Greenhouses Environmentally Sustainable,
Allan Balliett, 12/13/2005
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[Market-farming] Are Organic Hydroponic Greenhouses Environmentally Sustainable,
Marty Kraft, 12/13/2005
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