Aquaponics and Agroferstry News

below are some of the links I have been reading recently about aquaponics and agroforestry:

-John Robb: One Way to Make Aquaponics Easier

-SFGate: Aquaponics: Water plus fish poop grows plants (about the Aquafarm)

-IOL: Farming fish and plants side by side

-TimesFreePress: Aquaponics farms to be made in the Chattanooga region

-Resilience: Small Scale Aquaponics – From Fish Poop to Seafood Dinner

-Boulder County Business Report: Fresh fish: Bernsteins hooked on growing aquaponics business [about The Aquaponics Source]

-IBM's Smartplanet: Can aquaponics feed the German capital?

-Resilience.org: Small Scale Aquaponics – From Fish Poop to Seafood Dinner

-Resilience.org: Agroforestry: The Art of Farming With Trees

-WI Public Radio: Aquaponics Advocates Ramp Up Efforts To Raise Yellow Perch

-Gizmag: Aqualibrium uses fish to grow plants, and plants to grow fish

-MichTech: From Sustainability Demo to Fish Taco: Aquaponics at Michigan Tech

-USDA: Hooked on Aquaponics

-USDA: Agforesrty: USDA Reports to America [pdf]

-Thomson/Reuters Foundation: Agroforestry can transform rural economies - climate experts

-Treehugger: Aqualibrium Garden: modular aquaponics for growing food in apartments

-3P: How Aquaponics Makes Commercial Urban Agriculture Possible

-Inter-Faith Food Shuttle: Ef-FISH-ient Food: Mohan and Ben’s Aquaponics Adventure

-Sustainable Business Oregon: Aquaponics company launches hyper-local food in Bend -> about Volcano Veggies

-TheDay (CT): Stonington High graduate developing aquaponics farm -> about Fish Your Food, aquaponics in a shipping container

An Easier Way To Pick Seafood

GOOD has a new transparency up: Which Fish to Eat?

The easiest thing to remember is first look for U.S. Farmed, then these species: Arctic Char, Barmundi, Catfish, Cobia, Tilapia, Rainbow Trout, Striped Bass (not ill tempered), Clams, Bay Scallops, Mussels, Oysters, and Spiny Lobsters.

They are not listed, but Crawfish are good and sustainable option too.

Organic Farming Assistance

See TH: Obama Offers Farmers $50 Million to Go Organic

Eco Links

Eco Friendly Flooring Guide is a Great Resource

New LED Light Bulbs Can Replace 100W Incandescents

Suburbs Are Not Intrinsically Evil

It is how they're usually built that is so bad.

See:

MJ: How to Build Smarter Suburbs

Greener Prospects - "a unique consulting firm that bridges the gap between land-use planning and land conservation"

A Source For Finding The Best Products

Goodguide

GoodGuide™ provides the world's largest and most reliable source of information on the health, environmental, and social impacts of products and companies. GoodGuide's mission is to help you find safe, healthy, and green products that are better for you and the planet. From our origins as a UC Berkeley research project, GoodGuide has developed into a totally independent "For-Benefit" company. We are committed to providing the information you need to make better decisions, and to ultimately shifting the balance of information and power in the marketplace.

Cities Are The Solution

IHT - Stranded in suburbia

If Europe's example is any guide, here are the two secrets of coping with expensive oil: Own fuel-efficient cars, and don't drive them too much.

Wired - Urban Living Is Kinder to the Planet Than the Suburban Lifestyle

A Manhattanite's carbon footprint is 30 percent smaller than the average American's.

Ideas Whose Time Has Come

Victory Gardens:
ABC - Suburbanites Turn Green Yards Into Cash With Minifarms
NYT - Urban Farmers’ Crops Go From Vacant Lot to Market
SFGate - Bring back the WWII-era victory garden

Electric Bikes:
Treehugger - Schwinn's Electric Bikes Now Available



Wind Power:
Traverse - Mr. Smiley's Windmill Wars
CSMonitor - 'Small wind' power plants are blowing strong

Lifestyle:
T.O.D. - The Four Day Work Week: Sixteen Reasons Why This Might Be an Idea Whose Time Has Come

Reason #1; the impact a 4 day work week could have on crude oil imports.
Reason #2 The 4 Day Work Week would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants.
Reason #3 The 4 Day Work Week would reduce workers exposure to pollutants.
Reason #4 The 4 Day Work Week would mean less traffic congestion.
Reason #5 The 4 Day Work Week would reduce money spent on new road construction and existing road maintenance.
Reason #6 The 4 Day Work Week would result in a reduction in personal expenses.
Reason #7 The 4 Day Work Week would mean fewer auto accidents each year.
Reason #8 The 4 Day Work Week would mean less time spent in VSC or Voluntary Solitary Confinement
Reason #9 The 4 Day Work Week would mean a reduction in absenteeism
Reason #10 The 4 Day Work Week would increase productivity
Reason #11 The 4 Day Work Week would give us more time for family
Reason #12 The 4 Day Work Week would decrease labor costs
Reason #13 The 4 Day Work Week would decrease operational costs
Reason #14 The 4 Day Work Week would mean a reduction in the cost of childcare
Reason #15 The 4 Day Work Week would provide time for a transition into the informal economy
Reason #16 The 4 Day Work Week feels great!