I’m confident that eating highly nutritious foods is a good idea. The concept that soil depletion, monocropping, insecticides/herbicides, and chemical fertilizers have reduced the quality of our foods rings true to virtually all of us. But I’m even more confident …
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Sustainable Agriculture: What Do Our Children Eat? How About the Kids in Finland? Greece? South Korea?
When we think about the concept of sustainable agriculture, we normally contemplate the numerous sad facts about how our food in the U.S. is: • Planted (often monocropping) • Irrigated (often with water that comes with great energy footprint, much …
Talking Sustainable Agriculture on North Carolina's Outer Banks
I’m on the Outer Banks of North Carolina for the wedding of my eldest nephew. I’d never been here before, and I was expecting a stretch of land so desolate that I’d have trouble getting online or finding a good …
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American Council on Renewable Energy Hosts Great Conference on Alt-Fuel Transportation
I just got back from another wonderful conference hosted by the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) – this one in San Diego, called the Transportation and National Defense Forum. I skipped the first day, which focused on the military, …
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At Issue in the 21st Century: Coal-Fired Power Plants
As we bump along into a new year, perhaps it’s time to ask ourselves: What do the world’s scientists tell us about our course vis-à-vis sustainability? Well, a lot of things, really. For example, our oceans are over-fished and filled …
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Tagged with: burning coal for energy, catastrophic climate change, chemical fertilizers, coal-fired power plants, ecologic collapse, environment, food lacking in nutritional content, global climate change, mercury in our oceans, natural mineral content of our farmland depleted, oceans over-fished, pesticides, sustainability
Investments in Cleantech May Slow, But Many Bright Spots Remain
Here’s an interesting (albeit disappointing) article predicting a slowing in cleantech investment in 2013. On the bright side, it points to a number of areas of growth, for example, agriculture: Big ag steps up and cleans up: …. after evaluating …
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Tagged with: Aeroponics, animal farming, aquaculture, chemical fertilizers, clean agricultural science, cleantech, cleantech agriculture, cleantech investment, cleantech investment in 2013, controlled environment improvements, herbicides, hydroponics, improving crop resilience, improving crop yields, pesticides, sustainable forestry, vertical farming systems
Webinar on Aeroponics and Locally Grown Food
Here is the archived webinar from April 2012, in which I interview Rafael Quesada, CEO of Tower Harvest, on the subject of aeroponics. The company offers a low-cost way of growing organic produce in urban areas and other “food deserts.” …
