September 14, 2012
by Charlotte Appleton
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Drought has struck again in the African Sahel. Most of these people are nomadic herdsmen and there is no grass or forage left. War in Mali has sent millions of refugees pouring over the border into Niger, where conditions are [...]
July 28, 2012
by Charlotte Appleton
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Hunger stalks the planet. There has just been massive crop failure in the grain and soy belts of North and South America, due to drought and the failure even of ‘drought resistant’ genetically modified crops. Climate change is seriously disturbing [...]
July 17, 2012
by Charlotte Appleton
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You can use aquaponics to save water by up to 90% when growing food. In these times of global climate change and frequent drought, it is very important for farmers to save water!
First and foremost, food is grown in the [...]
June 27, 2012
by Charlotte Appleton
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Aquaponics differs in many ways from conventional agriculture and other kinds of factory farming.
I have made a chart of the differences between aquaponics and conventional agriculture:
Aquaponics is really green, and can be certified organic if the correct design and methods [...]
June 10, 2012
by Charlotte Appleton
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To any ambitious biology or business teacher, a small commercial aquaponic farm is a priceless gift. In any large flat roofed school building, you can have one on the roof and the students can run it as part of their [...]
June 10, 2012
by Charlotte Appleton
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Aquaponics, correctly constructed and managed, is an essential part of sustainable development. Aquaponics is intensive fish farming in tanks married to hydroponics in tanks. The reason that this has to be in tanks, not ponds, is that the tanks and [...]
February 23, 2012
by Charlotte Appleton
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This week, the UK Environment Secretary, Caroline Spelman said genetically modified drought-resistant crops will be considered as a way of ensuring food security at the main conference of the country’s farmer’s union. Meanwhile, protests largely go unheard about the deadly [...]
February 11, 2012
by Charlotte Appleton
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China is undergoing the worst water crisis in its history. In northern China, the fossil water supplies (ancient underground aquifers that cannot be resupplied by rainfall) are already mostly used up. However, the solutions being employed to date seem to [...]
February 11, 2012
by Charlotte Appleton
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Are you in greenhouse agriculture? Would you like to see the efficiency of your greenhouse be increased by hundreds of percent? By using aquaponics, among other organic growing methods, Will Allen of Growing Power in Milwaukee, in the United States, [...]
February 11, 2012
by Charlotte Appleton
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The problem with climates such as the Mediterranean or Saharan climate is severe limits on water supplies. Only so much food can be grown with very limited potable water, especially in summer, which is of course the height of the [...]
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