A brand new year is upon us and here's what I think is on the horizon!
1) I think aquaponics will cool down a bit. Why's that? There has been so much activity, so many huge projects have been announced, that people will just get down to business and start doing the work.
2) With the rise of the sharing economy and urban agriculture, you'll see more policy changes to allow urban and maybe even some suburban agriculture and more sharing between municipalities on how to get it done.
3) The second half of last year it didn't see that many big urban agriculture projects were coming down the pike. So I think that means early this year we'll some impressive stuff is in the works.
4) Has anyone noticed that permaculture was all the rage a couple of years ago and now, very little is said about it? I think the permaculture is so huge and all-encompassing, practioners and participants started talking about and focusing on the smaller tenants.
5) Singapore will continue to lead the charge in vertical gardening experimentation and commercialization.
6) With great swaths of the USA under some level of drought pressure, rainwater harvesting (especially grey water) will enjoy a tremendous year. Maybe there will even be a huge project which focuses on these new technologies!
Combining 5 and 6 a bit, there are those who have said urban agriculture cannot supply most of our food. I'm not sure if they are right, but what happens if the California drought continues? Will people have to start growing more food at home? Or will produce begin to trickle in from other countries? Like Singapore?
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