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    Profits or People?

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ April 26, 2010 ⋅ 13 comments

    Urban Garden Magazine meets Jacque Fresco, a 93 year old futurist, social engineer and brainchild of “The Venus Project.” Fresco says that the sustainability of life on this planet is beyond his opinion. It is axiomatic. And he’s developed a plan to achieve it. But can we get our heads around it in time?

    Blueprint Breakdown: The Water Room

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ December 17, 2009 ⋅ 21 comments

    Is your back aching from lugging endless sacks of soil, coco or other growth media in and out of your indoor garden? Then check out our latest blueprint, aptly named “The Water Room.” The idea is to grow monster tomato plants directly in a nutrient solution using a cutting-edge, modular Deep Water Culture (DWC) system called The Under Current™. But the liquid theme doesn’t end there. Water is also used to cool the garden using an ingenious chiller-based system created by Hydro Innovations.

    After Zeitgeist

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ November 17, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

    Zeitgeist has been nothing short of a global phenomenon with over 100 MILLION views on YouTube and Google Video. Meanwhile barely a whisper has been uttered in the mainstream media. We tracked down Peter Joseph, writer and producer of Zeitgeist and Zeitgeist Addendum, and asked him what all the fuss wasn’t about.

    Blueprint Breakdown: The Almost-Sealed Room

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ August 9, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

    Everest casts his critical eye over blueprints of real indoor gardens and examines pros and cons with their designers. Under the spotlight this time is Claude. He’s built what he calls an “almost sealed” room to produce heirloom tomatoes all year round. Will his set-up produce juicy fruits of joy or paltry piles of passatta?

    Q & A: Lawrence Brooke, Founder – General Hydroponics Inc.

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ February 1, 2009 ⋅ One comment

    Lawrence Brooke, one of the founding fathers of the modern hydroponics and indoor gardening movement, shares his thoughts on organics, nutrient triggers and enablers, vitamins and a whole lot more!

    1-Part, 2-Part or 3-Part Nutrients

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ December 1, 2008 ⋅ One comment

    A big decision that divides growers is their choice of base nutrients – the type, as well as the brand. Are two-part nutrients better than one-parts? Is a three-part nutrient the gold standard? Simon Spinks and Callie Fixter, biological scientists from British nutrient company VitaLink, help us discover some homegrown truths and dispel some myths.

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