Wikipedia defines hydroponics as follows:
*Hydroponics* is a subset of hydroculture and is a method of growing
plants <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant> using mineral nutrient
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrient> solutions, in water, without
soil <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil>. Terrestrial plants may be
grown with their roots <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root> in the
mineral nutrient solution only or in an inert medium,
Which the way I understand hydroponics: There's no soil, no
soil-food-web, no soil biology - it's not even agriculture (much less
permaculture), which helps explain why I become distempered if I eat
even a little (something which I would not knowingly do).
Distempered in the sense that steel can lose it's temper. I notice this
phenomena in 1973, living somewhere hydroponic tomatoes (and not much
else) were available. Loss of focus and momentum, drive, dynamism,
orientation - no wonder your grandchildren won't eat them.
It's an anti-biological, anti-evolutionary technology.
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