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bluestate10

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24. One change would be increasing the efficiency of growth if feeds like Alfalfa and grains.

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 09:52 PM

Feb 2014

Multi-tiered Greenhouses can be used to increase the production of an acre to as much as 10x the yield of traditional farming for that acre. Less land will be required for farming and water use will be lower due to water re-cycling.

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This is how the drought in California alone will affect you: [View all] dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 OP

well I'd better redouble my efforts Oscarmonster13 Feb 2014 #1

Fruit trees are blooming...... Bennyboy Feb 2014 #3

it's such a double-edged sword Oscarmonster13 Feb 2014 #21

try aquaponics onethatcares Feb 2014 #44

looked it up, interesting Oscarmonster13 Feb 2014 #45

Don't forget: 90% of US vino! NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #2

Now it is getting serious, I tell ya! dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #6

Yep...when the KoKo household has to give up it's "Table Wine" KoKo Feb 2014 #12

Okay--NOW I am outraged! pinboy3niner Feb 2014 #8

I've heard the vines are doing ok. MNBrewer Feb 2014 #28

I read somewhere that this year's wine grape crop was outstanding. Jenoch Feb 2014 #30

Seeing it already in Crops we East Coasters depend on for Winter Veggies KoKo Feb 2014 #4

Markets in my state get organic produce from Canada, Holland, Pennsylvania, and bluestate10 Feb 2014 #16

BTW! The Celery Sucks...tastes awful...from the regular to the organic... KoKo Feb 2014 #5

and hollow cored inside. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #7

Have you seen the new Restaurant "Food to Table" stuff going on in SC? KoKo Feb 2014 #9

I am aware of several cities and towns that are doing that.. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #40

who cares; I'm a strict carnivore corkhead Feb 2014 #10

I was tracking dairy farm situation back in 2009 truedelphi Feb 2014 #11

Over a 100,000 dairy cows...that's horrible. KoKo Feb 2014 #17

Yes, I never saw a final count but... prairierose Feb 2014 #31

Here in California, the government should have helped out. truedelphi Feb 2014 #42

Exactly, our corporate controlled government... prairierose Feb 2014 #46

Plant an organic garden. This year. Berlum Feb 2014 #13

I disagree. bluestate10 Feb 2014 #14

Very good information. I was also surprised to find out truedelphi Feb 2014 #43

But, but, but, what about the George Washington Bridge? nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #15

We shall have less asparagus to cast at the GWB fiasco pinboy3niner Feb 2014 #22

LMAO nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #23

Beer is ok though, right? And there's new alternative agriculture sprouting in CO and WA. jtuck004 Feb 2014 #18

k&r n/t RainDog Feb 2014 #19

Although I like meat defacto7 Feb 2014 #20

One change would be increasing the efficiency of growth if feeds like Alfalfa and grains. bluestate10 Feb 2014 #24

Good to know. Now I know what to plant. nt Javaman Feb 2014 #25

What. . .we're going to have a food shortage caused by soil exhaustion, drought conditions and Nanjing to Seoul Feb 2014 #26

I bought a house for the garden area alone, it is a corner lot with southern exposure. WCLinolVir Feb 2014 #27

Rush says its not Climate change-just Calif using too much water ErikJ Feb 2014 #29

Grabbing it right out of the sky before it has a chance to fall? Retrograde Feb 2014 #33

The idiot can say ANYTHING and his idiots will believe it ErikJ Feb 2014 #41

Thanks for posting! mackerel Feb 2014 #32

I doubt these numbers. obxhead Feb 2014 #34

This is what everyone should be talking about. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #35

I've been waiting to hear about this on the news. I guess it's too subtle to fit into TV news. hedgehog Feb 2014 #36

Necessity is the mother of invention Zorro Feb 2014 #37

I anticipated this.... DeSwiss Feb 2014 #38

Maybe we won't waste so much berni_mccoy Feb 2014 #39