Aquaponic Gardening - A Community and Forum For Aquaponic Gardeners Transition Italia | Nodo italiano della rete internazionale di Transizione Growing Australian aquaculture CSIRO is working with industry on the selective breeding of Atlantic salmon. CSIRO is developing improved breeds, feeds, and health and environmental management systems to support the sustainable growth of Australian aquaculture. 25 November 2005 | Updated 14 October 2011 Aquaculture is a diverse and rapidly expanding industry that makes a significant contribution to regional development in all Australian states. It contributes about a third of Australia’s total fisheries production, with a value of A$743 million in 2002-03, and four per cent average annual growth in the past decade. Major challenges facing aquaculture industries worldwide include: managing the health, production efficiency and genetic improvement of aquaculture species developing endemic species sourcing alternative proteins and oils for animal feeds. Better breeds With a focus on prawns, Atlantic salmon, Pacific oysters and abalone, CSIRO aquaculture breeds research is: Alternative feeds Health checks Diverse facilities
Friendly Aquaponics, Inc. | Organic Certification If you were asking yourself: “Is organic certification of aquaponics possible?” when you loaded this page, the answer is a resounding YES! My gorgeous wife Susanne got our farm’s aquaponics systems USDA Organically Certified in 2008. Also, our back Commercial Newsletter #10 has complete information (as of 5-10-2012) of all the organically certified aquaponics farms and their certifying agency that Susanne could locate. What does organic certification (hereafter referred to just as “certification” to save your time) mean for you and your farm? Why Is Certification Valuable To You? Because you can get double the prices for certified produce as you can for conventional. Defining “Organic” Precisely And Accurately: “Organic” is a word that the US Government owns, and its meaning, and where you can and can’t use it, is strictly defined by Federal law. Fines Are NOT Fine! Get Certified Anywhere In The World: How Do I Get Certified? What Are “Materials And Devices”? What Does Certification Cost?
The other side of the peak: Italy's collapse of oil and gas consumption Italy' peak oil has arrived: we are back to 1967 in terms of oil consumption. All the data in this post are from BP statistical review up to 2012, updated to 2013 from various sources. Sometimes, peak oil looks like an intellectual game that people keep playing by arguing whether it has arrived or not. But the point with oil is not how much of it is produced, somewhere, but how much you can afford to use. And, for Italy, the peak of consumption has already arrived, as you can see in the figure above. It is impressive: consumption went down of more than 30% in less than 10 years. So, why that? If you like to plot prices versus production, here are the results: In short, the Italian economy can afford to grow its oil consumption when oil costs less than about 20 dollars per barrel (in today's dollars), it remains stable as long as oil is at less than ca. 40 dollars per barrel and it collapses when oil prices go above that level. So, what's going to happen, now, on this side of the peak?
CLARENCE LANDCARE INC WeFeedUs announces PA-based commercial aquaponics facility Home / Scale Up / WeFeedUs announces PA-based commercial aquaponics facility Scale Up January 22, 2013AlgaeIndustryMagazine.com arlisle, Pennsylvania-based WeFeedUs, a sustainable resource management company developing a commercial scale sustainable operation integrating the production of produce, fish, algae and renewable energy, has announced it has constructed a commercial aquaponics facility. According to the company, the production of food will be driven by on-site managed aquaponics systems, Recirculation Aquaculture System (RAS), algae biomass production and green energy systems powering the facilities. The proprietary eco-process maximizes the utilization of nutrients, waste and other important natural components to promote the robust growth of sustainable produce, aquaculture, algae, and other co-products. The company is finalizing off-take agreements with several US Colleges that have world-class sustainability programs. More Like This… From The A.I.M.
Strategy Consultation Here's our draft strategy - what do you think? Transition Network has been going through its own change process recently. We've reviewed and made changes to our staff structure and, over the last eight months, we've been asking ourselves lots of questions about the purpose and direction of our organisation. So here is the result of our enquiry - a draft strategy which describes our vision and purpose and the way we work and sets out our priorities for the next three years. We've talked to quite a few Transitioners about this along the way, but this is an opportunity for any and all of you to have your say. The Transition Board will review and agree the strategy at the end of this month taking account of comments received by 26 February. You may want to respond to the whole document or there may be one section or sentence that particularly interests. The first part of the form will go directly to the Transition Network team.
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