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Aquaponics uses much less water than traditional agriculture. And the plants don't require as much (any?) fertilizer because of the fish. And if people can pic
by SomeCallMeTim 11y ago
Aquaponics uses much less water than traditional agriculture. And the plants don't require as much (any?) fertilizer because of the fish.
And if people can pick their own vegetables, or pick them and sell/use them the same day, extremely locally, then you can select for taste instead of for transportation resilience.
It's well beyond feel-good.
- jsolson 11y agoPossibly as or more importantly, you can pick only what you need. A huge fraction of the food produced today is simply thrown away.
- profinger 11y agoOn top of that just picture most of today's people. "Well I'll take 10 of these tomatos and sell 8 of them! Muahah!"
- dicroce 11y agoAlso roofed in gardens don't need pesticides...
- slapshot 11y agoYou have clearly never dealt with a spider mite invasion. They. Are. Everywhere. They routine infest indoor houseplants, even in places you wouldn't expect. They'd find their way into a roof garden. And because most predators require a wider range than most prey, there may not be as many natural predators available. Commercial greenhouse growers definitely try to isolate their plants from invasion, but still rely on pest control when the inevitable happens.
- fweespeech 11y agohttp://www.amazon.com/000-Live-Adult-Predatory-Mites/dp/B00I0ZXU18 http://www.amazon.com/000-Live-Adult-Predatory-Mites/dp/B00I... Predatory mites work fine if other mites are the only problem. They aren't particularly expensive either. But yes, you can't use natural predators. You basically need to introduce them, let them do their jobs, and then most of the predators will die once the problem is controlled for. But give its a $50 problem, its not a very expensive problem and on par with pesticide costs.