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Aquaponics - Urbaform Technologies

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From sites.google.com - February 1, 3:32 AM
Using technology to transform food production in the urban environment ...
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Towers in Commercial Aquaponic Systems For commercial aquaponic producers, there is not a more efficient or productive way to grow crops than in ZipGrow tower systems. Most aquaponic producers utilize rafts for production, but rafts are not productive enough per square foot to make production in greenhouses economically feasible. 

ZipGrow towers typically produce 3-4 times more per square foot than traditional raft production methods. This is due to the light conservation aspects of the tower design as well as the modular aspects of the tower design that can utilize conveyor production techniques to maximize crop yield. By spacing ZipGrow Towers in rows you can not only maximize crop density but also use light more efficiently than any other tower system on the market, guaranteed.
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Subtle poison - AN INDUSTRY IN DENIAL - Our Bees are Dying

Subtle poison - AN INDUSTRY IN DENIAL - Our Bees are Dying | Vertical Farm - Food Factory | Scoop.it
From www.economist.com - April 1, 2012 1:36 PM
IN THE winter of 2006 beekeepers in America noticed something odd—lots of their hives were dying for no obvious reason.

Evidence is growing that commonly used pesticides, even when employed carefully, are bad for bees. 

(It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that as bees move from flower to flower they are gathering more and more of these toxic chemicals.  Their little immune systems can't handle it and this weakness makes them vulnerable to all sorts of viruses and illness)


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