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    Aquaponics Explained: 12 Ways that Aquaponics Differs From Hydroponics

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ March 30, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

    On April 1st I’m giving a presentation at the Progressive Gardening Trade Association annual conference titled “Secrets to Selling Aquaponics”.  The audience will be primarily owners and managers of hydroponic stores.
    When I started thinking about the notion of “selling” aquaponics, the first thoughts in my business school-trained brain were about target markets.  How is the [...]

    The Battle for Libyan Oil Fields

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ March 22, 2011 ⋅ One comment

    Many of us here in Internet land have developed an entirely different perspective regarding Middle Eastern events.  It is an understanding not aired by BBC or CNN.  Here are a few pieces to the larger puzzle.
    Start by Google searching for John Perkins interview titled “Confessions of an Economic Hit-man”
    http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/1036.html
    or here:  http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=83B1AF93091799E7CEB88C5C459A530B
    Here is an interview with [...]

    Climate Change and Agriculture: Biodiverse Ecological Farming Is the Answer, Not Genetic Engineering

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ March 19, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

    Check out Navdanya, India’s biodiversity and organic farming movement.
    Industrial globalized agriculture is heavily implicated in climate change. It contributes to the three major greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO2) from the use of fossil fuels, nitrogen oxide (N2O) from the use of chemical fertilizers and methane (CH4) from factory farming. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on [...]

    Consumer Activists Unite to Demand Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ March 19, 2011 ⋅ One comment

    Visit: www.facebook.com/rallyfortherighttoknow2011 for more information

    Westwood, CA  – A growing number of consumer activists are staging demonstrations all over the US, with the largest so far at the White House on March 26, 2011.
    They demand labeling of genetically modified foods and they’re urging activists around the country to “Rally for the Right to Know” [...]

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