Right around the time a barrel of oil was around $150 USD I stumbled upon an article from an "expert" saying that the solution to resolve hunger was to give more money to poor countries in order to buy more tractors and more agrochemicals! So wrong! Then a thought popped into mind: " Do something! No matter what! Anything is better than nothing! ". Mission: increasing awareness of hydroponics and aquaponics as key tools in fighting hunger around the world.
Roger Pilon, Editor
Hello everyone! How I got into hydroponics is a long story...let's just say that it involves a lot of tedious farm work as a child, unsuccessful 'dirt' gardens of my own and a near electrocution from a semi-submersible hydroponic pump. I've learned that hydroponic gardening is the only way to garden for me and I've been working at it for several years now. I've built ebb/flow, nft, Mittleider, wick and passive systems and I'm always on the lookout for the easiest and most efficient means of hydroponic gardening...If you have questions, I would be more than happy to answer them...
Locally Grown Produce,Rated Number 2 in the Chef Survey "What's Hot" for 2008"by the National Restaurant Association, USA
?? Number 1. "Bite-size Desserts" ?? # 3. "Organic Produce"
My wife came home from lunch today and said: "Wow! Ann and I had lunch at Chiolpe. It was terrific!" Believe me she does not often go out for a fast food lunch, never mind rave about it.
What happened? Many of us were blaming the fast food industry for obesity, food miles, draining community and more. And lo-and-behold their top lobbying group has been coming to us.
I collected a short descriptive list of major fast food outlets and providers in the number 2 'What's Hot' trend:
·Chipolte: 700 restaurants in North America and Europe
·Prêt a Manger 500,000 customers in UK
·Bon Appitite 400 cafeterias in Universities and Institutions
·Sodexo Contracts with 400 local farms
·Nimin Collaborative of 600 farms providing local
·Baja Fresh 250 fast food branches
·Sellers Market San Francisco
·POD Food London, UK
·Ozone Organic Ontario, CA
·EVOS Florida & Nevada
·Burgerville 39 in Northwest USA
·Better Burger 3 NYC, NY
Urban Agriculture is no longer 'farmers' markets' and 'farm to school'. Some of us will be sorry to wave the Urban Agriculture of the 1990s good bye. The green environment movement has joined our team. Or have we joined theirs?
The healthy food movement at home and in schools, businesses, health care centers, restaurants [fancy to take-out] are now carrying our ball from New York to London to Tokyo.
How's it going in your town?
Reference:
WWW.restaurant.org "What's Hot", 194 items ranked on percentage by 1,282 chefs as HOT
M. D. Pinkowish, Ode Magazine, April 2008, Volume 6 Issue 3, 'Business '
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