Brad Lancaster has been showing how water harvesting techniques can not only make it work in Arizona, but on a larger scale actually recharge aquifers and restore waterscapes to reverse desertification in arid climates.
You can't compare industrial farming economics to a local community polyculture farm. It's a completely different game. I would argue the local CSA model is far more sustainable than industrial ag, and this is a clear example.
Industrial Ag requires thousands of acres of subsidized monocrop, big machinery, expensive seed (thanks to Monsanto), expensive fertilizer, transportation, and low-wage farmers and crop pickers to make a profit. It's an industry supported by big ag corporations and (thanks to their lobby efforts) government to maximize profit for the few at the top of the chain. The farmers and crop pickers are the last in line, as far as the revenue stream.
A CSA puts money in the farmers and crop workers first, works within and supports the local community. That's why it works, that's why it's sustainable, and expect to see more of them because the local food movement has legs, not because it's a fad, but because it is rooted in a sustainable design model.
I made it through the first 35 years of my life without drinking coffee. I figured if I was going to jump in, it would be for an appreciation of quality, not a dose of medical-grade caffeine from the corner drive-through.
A good cup of Joe is an experience that deserves some time and attention. It's not a difficult skill and doesn't require high-end equipment, just good beans and a grinder. You can get a great cup unfiltered to retain all of its qualities from either a french press ($20 or less) or a simple, but quality espresso maker ($150 or less).
These pod makers are ridiculous and now you see the inkjet marketing model in action.
This is still my go to game. Runs reasonably well under Wine on my old desktop system I built around 2006. I'll check out DOTA2 when I get around to rebuilding my system in the next year or two, but I have other priorities right now.
In this day and age, there is no need to go to war with an entire nation to remove in inhumane and oppressive regime. Go to war with the leaders and only the leaders. The U.N. needs a tactical and surgical response. Use intelligence, snipers, spies, drones, DNA biological agents, laser-equipped frogs,... whatever it takes. Just take them down quietly, one at a time, no press statements, warnings or threats. They'll eventually lose their nerve.
FYI, regardless of what parents have been telling their kids for decades, most people actually sit too far away from their TVs to enjoy the optimal immersive visual experience http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimum_HDTV_viewing_distance
Same place the chem-ag fertilizers get it from - the soil. Who fertilizes the forests?
The parent poster is referring to plants known to be nutrient accumulators. They cycle nutrients from the soil into their leaves, making them available to other plants as they die off.
I resemble this remark, but I don't think I'm the target audience of these graphic card vendors. The only game I currently play is DOTA on the Warcraft III engine, under wine on Linux Mint 14 on an AMD64 system I assembled around 2005 that includes a Radeon 9500 or 9600. I don't meet the system requirements for DOTA2 on Steam, so I'm guess I need to upgrade some time in the next couple of years.
Coding is more like writing a book than building a car. There is little reason to enforce a schedule and central location on everyone. In the end, it's all about your ability to deliver - that's what determines your worth, so it should be up to each individual to determine what works best for them, as far as schedule and location.
I'd mod you up if I had points to give. Rocket stoves and rocket mass heaters are the most promising developments in clean, high efficiency and low-cost heating.
I'm Canadian, but I speak on behalf of those who live in any representative democratic political system.
This is just about enough. It's one thing to have a representative democratic form of government, but laws should not be passed that the majority do not want - and it shouldn't require a monumental effort to overturn. Apathy is too easily leveraged by those with less than honourable intentions.
Representative democracies were instituted for a number of fundamental and practical reasons, including the assumption that those with a passion, skill and education in the political process could be trusted as visionaries and representatives to form laws that are in the interest of the public majority, and it was otherwise too costly and, thus, impractical to subject every bill to a public vote. This is no longer the case and is time to empower citizens their fair share of participation in the system.
In this day and age, there is no reason why we cannot delegate the elected representatives to draft and sponsor bills, but they should not be passed without being first subject to majority vote online before they are invoked as law. If less than 50% respondents fail to approve, it is vetoed.
Similarly, the public should have the ability to repeal existing laws via a similar process, perhaps backed by a system to empower citizens to campaign for support on any issue.
Government investment in post-secondary education has declined significantly in my lifetime. Kinda makes you wonder what the government expects from its citizens, as far as contributions to the GDP, if the majority cannot afford to acquire the skills required for employment beyond the service industry.
Make use of the phosphorous that is already present in deeper soils. Plant dynamic accumulators that cycle nutrients such as phosphorous from their roots to their surface as companion plants to your crops. Check out the dynamic accumulator list in the following: http://www.nsfarming.com/Media/KOURICK_Soil_Indicators_86.pdf
Another option: include bird-attracting plants or feeders. Their manure is rich in many nutrients, including phosphorous.
Yeah I'm replying to my own post. There is a bias in this post that pisses me off, as it attempts to white-wash GMO crops.
"But the idea of eating plants and animals whose DNA has been manipulated in a laboratory — called genetically modified organisms, or G.M.O.’s — still spooks many people." Painting skeptics as less intelligent isn't likely to gain their favour. Besides, I do not choose to place the well-being of our environment and our food supply in the hands of corporations such as Monsanto that have clearly demonstrated an interest in becoming a monopoly food provider. I am skeptical that their GMO strategy would not include either sterile breeds or a hoard of patents and lawyers to defend their monopoly over the only remaining blight-resistant orange crop. It would surprise me none if the origin of this blight was not strategically introduced based on previously developed GMO resistance.
As stated by others, this is a natural phenomenon and is only a problem for modern industrial agriculture practices, especially those based on the mass monocropping of a few select breeds to feed the world. Putting all of our eggs in a few baskets is just ignorant. An ecosystem requires diversity to survive.
This smells like a scheme to make GMO crops more acceptible to the public, suggesting only science can save the oranges and therefore we'll just have to get use to the idea of GMO crops, as if there were no other viable alternatives.
Here's an alternative - replace monocrop orchards with polyculture farms (i.e. food forest) that are based on the same principles of natural ecosystems. Their diversity is what has allowed them to survive just fine without human interaction for longer than we've been around to fuck up the works.
Fortunately, I have other needs and interests than the Linux Kernel development community. Imagine, if you will, that every community you needed or wanted to participate in was lead by a LInus Torsvald. Would life better or worse for you?
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No doubt, if they persist with the status quo.
Is Tucson much different than Phoenix? Check this out: http://www.american-oasis.com/...
Brad Lancaster has been showing how water harvesting techniques can not only make it work in Arizona, but on a larger scale actually recharge aquifers and restore waterscapes to reverse desertification in arid climates.
You can't compare industrial farming economics to a local community polyculture farm. It's a completely different game. I would argue the local CSA model is far more sustainable than industrial ag, and this is a clear example.
Industrial Ag requires thousands of acres of subsidized monocrop, big machinery, expensive seed (thanks to Monsanto), expensive fertilizer, transportation, and low-wage farmers and crop pickers to make a profit. It's an industry supported by big ag corporations and (thanks to their lobby efforts) government to maximize profit for the few at the top of the chain. The farmers and crop pickers are the last in line, as far as the revenue stream.
A CSA puts money in the farmers and crop workers first, works within and supports the local community. That's why it works, that's why it's sustainable, and expect to see more of them because the local food movement has legs, not because it's a fad, but because it is rooted in a sustainable design model.
Nothing Funny about it - I agree wholeheartedly.
I made it through the first 35 years of my life without drinking coffee. I figured if I was going to jump in, it would be for an appreciation of quality, not a dose of medical-grade caffeine from the corner drive-through.
A good cup of Joe is an experience that deserves some time and attention. It's not a difficult skill and doesn't require high-end equipment, just good beans and a grinder. You can get a great cup unfiltered to retain all of its qualities from either a french press ($20 or less) or a simple, but quality espresso maker ($150 or less).
These pod makers are ridiculous and now you see the inkjet marketing model in action.
This is still my go to game. Runs reasonably well under Wine on my old desktop system I built around 2006. I'll check out DOTA2 when I get around to rebuilding my system in the next year or two, but I have other priorities right now.
In this day and age, there is no need to go to war with an entire nation to remove in inhumane and oppressive regime. ... whatever it takes. Just take them down quietly, one at a time, no press statements, warnings or threats.
Go to war with the leaders and only the leaders. The U.N. needs a tactical and surgical response. Use intelligence, snipers, spies, drones, DNA biological agents, laser-equipped frogs,
They'll eventually lose their nerve.
While we're going down that line of thought, granting me absolute authority over the nation could also prevent 9/11.
curious, how far down do skyscraper footings go?
Cue The Matrix parallels.
True, stories like this, and those related to my crack-smoking mayor, give me a reason to get up each morning.
FYI, regardless of what parents have been telling their kids for decades, most people actually sit too far away from their TVs to enjoy the optimal immersive visual experience
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimum_HDTV_viewing_distance
Same place the chem-ag fertilizers get it from - the soil. Who fertilizes the forests?
The parent poster is referring to plants known to be nutrient accumulators. They cycle nutrients from the soil into their leaves, making them available to other plants as they die off.
Yeah, "The Qatar plant—which is supported by Qatari fertilizer companies Yara International and Qafco"
If one really wants to discuss the possibilities behind "Greening the Dessert", Geoff Lawton is blazing a far more promising path:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzTHjlueqFI
Not to mention the queen is far too op. She needs to be nerfed to balance the game. I'm sick and tired of getting demolished by queen pickers. NoobS!
I resemble this remark, but I don't think I'm the target audience of these graphic card vendors. The only game I currently play is DOTA on the Warcraft III engine, under wine on Linux Mint 14 on an AMD64 system I assembled around 2005 that includes a Radeon 9500 or 9600.
I don't meet the system requirements for DOTA2 on Steam, so I'm guess I need to upgrade some time in the next couple of years.
Coding is more like writing a book than building a car. There is little reason to enforce a schedule and central location on everyone.
In the end, it's all about your ability to deliver - that's what determines your worth, so it should be up to each individual to determine what works best for them, as far as schedule and location.
I'd mod you up if I had points to give. Rocket stoves and rocket mass heaters are the most promising developments in clean, high efficiency and low-cost heating.
I'm Canadian, but I speak on behalf of those who live in any representative democratic political system.
This is just about enough. It's one thing to have a representative democratic form of government, but laws should not be passed that the majority do not want - and it shouldn't require a monumental effort to overturn. Apathy is too easily leveraged by those with less than honourable intentions.
Representative democracies were instituted for a number of fundamental and practical reasons, including the assumption that those with a passion, skill and education in the political process could be trusted as visionaries and representatives to form laws that are in the interest of the public majority, and it was otherwise too costly and, thus, impractical to subject every bill to a public vote. This is no longer the case and is time to empower citizens their fair share of participation in the system.
In this day and age, there is no reason why we cannot delegate the elected representatives to draft and sponsor bills, but they should not be passed without being first subject to majority vote online before they are invoked as law. If less than 50% respondents fail to approve, it is vetoed.
Similarly, the public should have the ability to repeal existing laws via a similar process, perhaps backed by a system to empower citizens to campaign for support on any issue.
Government investment in post-secondary education has declined significantly in my lifetime. Kinda makes you wonder what the government expects from its citizens, as far as contributions to the GDP, if the majority cannot afford to acquire the skills required for employment beyond the service industry.
In Canada, they actually try to pass it off as an "Energy Bar". Those words are actually in small print under the logo.
We don't need to develop this in a lab. It is already being done in many plants and used as a strategy for sustainable soil development.
Here's how:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMQ8eSm92xQ
Make use of the phosphorous that is already present in deeper soils. Plant dynamic accumulators that cycle nutrients such as phosphorous from their roots to their surface as companion plants to your crops.
Check out the dynamic accumulator list in the following:
http://www.nsfarming.com/Media/KOURICK_Soil_Indicators_86.pdf
Another option: include bird-attracting plants or feeders. Their manure is rich in many nutrients, including phosphorous.
Yeah I'm replying to my own post. There is a bias in this post that pisses me off, as it attempts to white-wash GMO crops.
"But the idea of eating plants and animals whose DNA has been manipulated in a laboratory — called genetically modified organisms, or G.M.O.’s — still spooks many people." Painting skeptics as less intelligent isn't likely to gain their favour. Besides, I do not choose to place the well-being of our environment and our food supply in the hands of corporations such as Monsanto that have clearly demonstrated an interest in becoming a monopoly food provider. I am skeptical that their GMO strategy would not include either sterile breeds or a hoard of patents and lawyers to defend their monopoly over the only remaining blight-resistant orange crop. It would surprise me none if the origin of this blight was not strategically introduced based on previously developed GMO resistance.
As stated by others, this is a natural phenomenon and is only a problem for modern industrial agriculture practices, especially those based on the mass monocropping of a few select breeds to feed the world. Putting all of our eggs in a few baskets is just ignorant. An ecosystem requires diversity to survive.
This smells like a scheme to make GMO crops more acceptible to the public, suggesting only science can save the oranges and therefore we'll just have to get use to the idea of GMO crops, as if there were no other viable alternatives.
Here's an alternative - replace monocrop orchards with polyculture farms (i.e. food forest) that are based on the same principles of natural ecosystems. Their diversity is what has allowed them to survive just fine without human interaction for longer than we've been around to fuck up the works.
Fortunately, I have other needs and interests than the Linux Kernel development community.
Imagine, if you will, that every community you needed or wanted to participate in was lead by a LInus Torsvald. Would life better or worse for you?