Monday, September 29, 2014
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Four Community Food jobs available in Toronto
Toronto's FoodShare has 4 jobs available, 2 Community Food Animators and 2 Student Nutrition Community Development Animators.
Urban foraging...in your grocery store
Those mushrooms you picked up for dinner tonight, might not be exactly what you thought and might be a revelation to science: a brand new species!
Monday, September 22, 2014
The next city to get a food forest is...Charlestown!!!
Green infrastructure professionals should note, according to Portland urban planning experts, that if you want a successful park, well-attended and appreciated, your planning should cater to women.
-Alterrus systems is gone, but their loss is Affinor Growers gain. Although they've focused on marijuana production until now, they see this as a great opportunity and gateway into the vertical growing sector.
-Caribbean countries are not just interested in starting aquaponics projects, they're interested hosting conferences too!
-Speaking of aquaponics, 2014 has unleashed a number of Kickstarter campaigns for home systems, some beautiful, some functional. Some both. Backed by industry leaders The Aquaponic Source, Oh-Uchi-Saien and Grants for Plants, this new system will get a lot of buzz and hsould be worth the money.
-Charlestown, West Virginia, is the next city to get an urban orchard/food forest. Who would've thought that???!!!
-Alterrus systems is gone, but their loss is Affinor Growers gain. Although they've focused on marijuana production until now, they see this as a great opportunity and gateway into the vertical growing sector.
-Caribbean countries are not just interested in starting aquaponics projects, they're interested hosting conferences too!
-Speaking of aquaponics, 2014 has unleashed a number of Kickstarter campaigns for home systems, some beautiful, some functional. Some both. Backed by industry leaders The Aquaponic Source, Oh-Uchi-Saien and Grants for Plants, this new system will get a lot of buzz and hsould be worth the money.
-Charlestown, West Virginia, is the next city to get an urban orchard/food forest. Who would've thought that???!!!
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Turn Candlestick Park into a giant aquaponics farm
I know, I know that I made a pledge not to talk about wild renderings. But I couldn't help it this time.
This one is wild, but with a little tweaking perhaps doable?
A couple of weeks ago I saw this urban farming design to retrofit Candlestick Park. (Paul McCartney's concert in mid-August was the last scheduled event.) What will happen with it now?
Who knows what the price tag would be for something like this. Astronomical, I am sure. But something should be done with it soon, did you see how the Silverdome looks after 10 years of disuse?
In 1975 the Silverdome cost $55.7 million to build, which is roughly $245 million in today's dollars, according to Deadspin. In 2009, it was purchased at an auction for $583,000.
Such a shame.
Something should be done, and fast. I think the second picture is key. It's going to be expensive to retrofit and the urban farming is a great idea, but what about if we could make it half as expensive? By that, I mean make the stadium a huge aquaponics operation. The floor is a fish farm and then the water can be pumped up into the stands (where the plants grow) and trickle its way back down.
Sound crazy? Not when you consider shopping malls have spontaneously become fish ponds already! Here's one in Thailand where someone introduced a small population of Koi and Catfish.
What do you think?
This one is wild, but with a little tweaking perhaps doable?
A couple of weeks ago I saw this urban farming design to retrofit Candlestick Park. (Paul McCartney's concert in mid-August was the last scheduled event.) What will happen with it now?
Who knows what the price tag would be for something like this. Astronomical, I am sure. But something should be done with it soon, did you see how the Silverdome looks after 10 years of disuse?
Such a shame.
Something should be done, and fast. I think the second picture is key. It's going to be expensive to retrofit and the urban farming is a great idea, but what about if we could make it half as expensive? By that, I mean make the stadium a huge aquaponics operation. The floor is a fish farm and then the water can be pumped up into the stands (where the plants grow) and trickle its way back down.
Sound crazy? Not when you consider shopping malls have spontaneously become fish ponds already! Here's one in Thailand where someone introduced a small population of Koi and Catfish.
What do you think?
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