Thursday, March 14, 2013

GILA word of the week: Terraponics



Living architecture comes in many forms and daily readers of living architecture daily are familiar with quite a few. But how about terraponics and terraculture?

Best known as a form of coastal farming popular in the Pacific-Asia region, historically it has been done in river beds too (aka Chinampas) in North America. Recently interest has been on the increase in Australia and New Zealand.  And in places like the Philippines we are seeing signs of what could be a true resurgence.

Now that I have given you a taste, here's a couple more sources to satisfy your craving...

A primer on integrated agriculture-aquaculture
Rice patties on Pinterest

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