Monday, September 30, 2013

Nightshades Unite! A plant which grows tomatoes and potatoes

No genetic engineering is necessary. All you need is a little grafting to create one plant which produces tomatoes and potatoes. In small spaces, particularly in urban environments, could this become the latest trend urban agriculture trend?




Grafting is a big part of agriculture in Japan, 90% of watermelons and other greenhouse veggies (cucumbers, eggplants) are grafted before being transplanted to get larger yields.

What could be a bigger deal than this? How about farming insects? A team from Montreal won a million dollars to commercialize their idea.



This is a fantastic idea , but something about it seemed familiar. And then I recalled seeing someone else a couple of years ago at Nuit Blanche in Toronto talking about the promise of raising insects. I wondered if the two ventures were somehow related. It looks like they very much are...and related litigiously. Word has traveled quickly about the dispute; we'll see how this plays out!

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