Often known for being ahead of the green curve it appears several Canadian institutions are taking the lead in exploring our interest in urban agriculture and giving students the skills they need to continue in the field.
-Municipally (I think that's the first time I have ever used that word), big green things continue to happen in Boston, Dorchester seems to be the next part of the city slated to get an urban farm.
-Part of the beauty of aquaponics is how scalable it is. One person can raise their own food or it can be done for thousands. A particularly thoughtful youtuber put together over 2 hours of videos on do-it-yourself aquaponic systems, which, until her/his foresight, meant lots of missed sleep as you trolled around youtube looking for the good stuff.
What's this you say? I mentioned An aquaponic system that could support thousands of people? I know, many people have talked about creating such a thing and some plans are in the works in various places around the world, but it looks like a company in the United Arab Emirates is the first to achieve the feat. And it's truly a global collaboration. The lead investigator is from the Virgin Islands, fish from Holland and seeds from the U.S.A.
The details:
-Food could hit the market as soon as March 2012.
-50,000 fish are on their way to kick things off.
-At full capacity they could produce 200 tons of fish and 300,000 heads of lettuce per year.
-8000 square meters of green house space will be needed.
-And there's no website for Zayed Higher Agricultural Centre for Rehabilitation and Development, at least as far as I can see!
Talk about a stealth operation! I'll dig to see if I can find out more.
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