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[Koreen Brennan <cory8570@yahoo.com>]

I have seen a couple of aquaponics systems that incorporated worms, which 
were very interesting. Some people are trying this with hydroponics too. 
Another energy loop captured.
http://vermicomposters.ning.com/profiles/blogs/using-worm-castings-in-hydroponics

I've seen two schools of hydroponics - one is super geared toward factory 
modeling and exact nutrients, lighting, etc. Fairly high input but still WAY 
better than monocropping in fields; less inputs, way less water, vastly 
reduced waste stream pollution. And there are those who  are more interested 
in natural approaches or even organic. I wonder how many minerals, etc, 
translate from worm castings created from high nutrient paddock grazed 
animals to the plants? 

Here are some anecdotal results using worm and compost teas in hydroponics 
systems. 
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/hydro/msg0101570725792.html

 
Koreen Brennan

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On Monday, January 6, 2014 2:47 AM, Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com> 
wrote:
 
On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 2:03 AM, Pete Gasper, Gasper Family Farm <
farmer1@gasperfarm.com> wrote:

> What kind of fish are you feeding? How did you come of with this system and
> how are you making the pellets (pelletizing machines tend to be rather
> large
> scale, finicky things).
>

For small scale pellet production you could take Georg's ingredients, mix
them with some kind of binder
to make a dough then run them through a hand crank meat grinder with large
screen. Have two people do it, one turns the crank, the other takes a knife
and slices the "worms" off as they emerge and puts them on a tray to dry in
the sun before feeding. You could also use a sausage stuffer for larger
diameter "worms" then slice them into short lengths for drying with a
cheese "harp".


On 01/02/2014 10:37 AM, georg parlow wrote:
> > I am feeding with homemade pellets - I make them from organic oil
> > press cake (hemp, almond, sesame and linseed), whole meal spelt flour,
> > and a little rockdust. All of it purchased, I admit. I grow my own
> > duckweed to supplement. For next season I plan to set up my BSF larvae
> > production (with setting up the main system I could not focus on that,
> > and it failed), and a tank growing a small native crawfish on tree
> > leaves and veggy scraps for fich food .
>
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WaterWheel to ease burden on women | Mark Tran | Global development |
theguardian.com
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/dec/29/waterwheel-burden-women-water-container

Wheel of change: a WaterWheel user in India. Photograph: Wello

Girls and women carrying plastic jerry cans of
water<http://www.theguardian.com/environment/water>on their heads is a
common sight in rural areas of poor countries. The
WaterWheel <http://wellowater.org/the-waterwheel/> eases that burden by
storing water in a round 50-litre container that doubles as a wheel.

Designed after consultations with villagers in the dry northern Indian
state of Rajasthan, the WaterWheel is made from high-quality plastic that
can withstand rough terrain. It will sell for $25-$30, compared with
$75-$100 for similar products.

"Our goal is to distribute on a large scale, on small margins to
10,000-20,000 customers a year," says Cynthia Koenig, founder and chief
executive of Wello <http://wellowater.org/>, a US social venture working on
ways to deliver clean water in poor countries. Wello won a $100,000 Grand
Challenges Canada <http://www.grandchallenges.ca/> prize to develop the
WaterWheel.

The idea came from an exploratory trip to
India<http://www.theguardian.com/world/india>in 2010 to ask what
people thought of the idea of rolling water, instead of
carrying it. "We were pleasantly surprised," Koenig says. "We returned a
year later, worked in close collaboration with villages in Rajasthan, and
kept coming back to the idea of rolling water. We were surprised the idea
had so much traction – we never thought it would work in India."

The designers played around with different sizes – 10-20 litres – before
agreeing on 50 litres. While the WaterWheel was created with women in mind,
as they tend to collect water, Koenig says Wello has been surprised by its
popularity among men.

"One of most exciting things is that men love using it, they see it as a
tool," she adds. "Men take on the primary role so the women are freed up to
do other things. Or the role is split so men use it four days a week and
the women use it two days. It has reduced the burden on women. A nurse told
me she is not late for work anymore because the husband collects the water."

The device, to be constructed Ahmedabad city in Gujarat, also saves time,
at least an hour in many cases. It is also being used for irrigation and to
bring water to animals.

Wello plans to sell the WaterWheel in the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and
Gujarat states, as well as explore opportunities for water purification.
<>

http://youtu.be/ABJ41yVClvs
The Wello Water Wheel Story : Cynthia Koenig at TEDxGateway

*Published on Feb 8, 2013 *
About Cynthia:
Cynthia is an entrepreneur and an anthropologist; an empathetic, thoughtful
do-er.

She has spent the last decade living and working throughout Central
America, Southern Africa, South and Southeast Asia, during which she became
familiar with the challenges and opportunities present in communities at
the base of the economic pyramid associated with the lack of access to
clean water.

Cynthia launched Wello with a bold vision -- to create products and
services that enable individuals to reliably access safe water and
introduce opportunities for families to break free from the cycle of
poverty.

For more about Wello, please visit http://www.wellowater.org.

Cynthia holds dual MBA/MS degrees from the University of Michigan's Ross
School of Business and School of Natural Resources and Environment and a BA
in anthropology from Trinity College.


About her talk:
Cynthia talks about the often underestimated problem of water weight and
how this problem is preventing millions of women from educating and
empowering themselves. She points about the fact that 'water is heavy'
using real life examples in Rajasnthan, India. Not only is water heavy but
also time consuming and limiting women of important opportunities. She
talks about her invention "wello" where she & her team have reinvented the
wheel. She brings the water wheel on stage, explaining the design and
features in this product, allowing the audience to see this easy to use,
yet immensely life changing water wheel.

<>

My completely unresearched comments on this device on FB:
- Of course who will pay for these? the ladies will get out of shape using
this device when using traditional methods of carrying water they get
exercise and tone up plus importation of these things will deprive local
craftsmen who make water vessels out of metal or clay of their fair share
of the market, decreasing their income and possibly reducing the number of
craftsmen who create these products a little each year. Bollocks to some
substandard greenwashed exported junk device. Talk about Trojan horses
inflicted on indigenous cultures. Bring them permaculture instead and let
them decide how to haul their own water and how to keep it from being
stolen by cocacola or nestle or pepsi or other exploitative multinational.: