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	*It can grow plants all year round. There can be multiple harvests in a year, instead of just one.		*It can grow plants all year round. There can be multiple harvests in a year, instead of just one.

	Controlled-environment growing covers the three "ponics": [[Hydroponics\|hydroponics]], [[Aquaponics\|aquaponics]] and aeroponics.		Controlled-environment growing covers the three "ponics": [[Hydroponics\|hydroponics]], [[Aquaponics\|aquaponics]] and [[aeroponics]].

	Open Source Ecology promotes agricultural practices that meet the [[OSE Specifications]] i.e. food systems that are open-source, replicable, cheap, scalable, simple to build and maintain, allow automation, promote decentralization, are environmentally-friendly and lead to abundance. Industrial monoculture using petrochemicals and heavy machinery do not meet these criteria, but two methods of agriculture do: [[Permaculture\|permaculture]] and controlled-environment growing. These two have different strengths and weaknesses; although controlled-environment growing allows apartment-dwellers to be self-sufficient for food, it cannot heal bad soils. And although permaculture can turn a wasteland into a beautiful forest, it cannot grow oranges in Austria.		Open Source Ecology promotes agricultural practices that meet the [[OSE Specifications]] i.e. food systems that are open-source, replicable, cheap, scalable, simple to build and maintain, allow automation, promote decentralization, are environmentally-friendly and lead to abundance. Industrial monoculture using petrochemicals and heavy machinery do not meet these criteria, but two methods of agriculture do: [[Permaculture\|permaculture]] and controlled-environment growing. These two have different strengths and weaknesses; although controlled-environment growing allows apartment-dwellers to be self-sufficient for food, it cannot heal bad soils. And although permaculture can turn a wasteland into a beautiful forest, it cannot grow oranges in Austria.

Conor at 18:29, 12 March 2011

2011-03-12T18:29:05Z

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	Controlled-environment growing is the successful marriage of technology with plant biology. By using [[Greenhouses\|greenhouses]] to control heat and air conditions, using [[LED growlights\|artificial lighting]] to control light levels, using nutrient solutions to control the nutrition plants receive through their roots, and otherwise tweaking the environment that we grow plants in, it is possible to grow more plants in less space than would otherwise be possible. For example, [http://carbon.org/ The Institute of Simplified Hydroponics] report that in just 20m<sup>2</sup> (215 square feet) of space, they regularly grow 2kg (4.4lb) of vegetables ''per day''. ~~One major benefit is that losses~~ to [[:Category:Pests and weeds\|pests]] are dramatically reduced. ~~Another~~ is ~~that~~ it ~~lends itself to automation much more easily than any other kind~~ of ~~growing~~.		Controlled-environment growing is the successful marriage of technology with plant biology. By using [[Greenhouses\|greenhouses]] to control heat and air conditions, using [[LED growlights\|artificial lighting]] to control light levels, using nutrient solutions to control the nutrition plants receive through their roots, and otherwise tweaking the environment that we grow plants in, it is possible to grow more plants in less space than would otherwise be possible. For example, [http://carbon.org/ The Institute of Simplified Hydroponics] report that in just 20m<sup>2</sup> (215 square feet) of space, they regularly grow 2kg (4.4lb) of vegetables ''per day''.

			This kind of growing has many benefits over farming -
			*Losses to [[:Category:Pests and weeds\|pests]] are dramatically reduced without the need for pesticide
			*It can be automated
			*It uses very little water (this is also true of [[:Category:Permaculture\|permaculture]])
			*Plants grow very big very fast. This saves a lot of space. Where space is limited, as in a city, it is the only real option for self-sufficiency.
			*It requires very little energy and no heavy machinery
			*It can grow plants all year round. There can be multiple harvests in a year, instead of just one.

	Controlled-environment growing covers the three "ponics": [[Hydroponics\|hydroponics]], [[Aquaponics\|aquaponics]] and aeroponics.		Controlled-environment growing covers the three "ponics": [[Hydroponics\|hydroponics]], [[Aquaponics\|aquaponics]] and aeroponics.

	Open Source Ecology promotes agricultural practices that meet the [[OSE Specifications]] i.e. food systems that are open-source, replicable, cheap, scalable, simple to build and maintain, allow automation, promote decentralization, are environmentally-friendly and lead to abundance. Industrial monoculture using petrochemicals and heavy machinery do not meet these criteria, but two methods of agriculture do: [[Permaculture\|permaculture]] and controlled-environment growing. These two have different strengths and weaknesses; although controlled-environment growing allows apartment-dwellers to be self-sufficient for food, it cannot heal bad soils. And although permaculture can turn a wasteland into a beautiful forest, it cannot grow oranges in Austria.		Open Source Ecology promotes agricultural practices that meet the [[OSE Specifications]] i.e. food systems that are open-source, replicable, cheap, scalable, simple to build and maintain, allow automation, promote decentralization, are environmentally-friendly and lead to abundance. Industrial monoculture using petrochemicals and heavy machinery do not meet these criteria, but two methods of agriculture do: [[Permaculture\|permaculture]] and controlled-environment growing. These two have different strengths and weaknesses; although controlled-environment growing allows apartment-dwellers to be self-sufficient for food, it cannot heal bad soils. And although permaculture can turn a wasteland into a beautiful forest, it cannot grow oranges in Austria.

Conor at 16:34, 8 March 2011

2011-03-08T16:34:04Z

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	Controlled-environment growing is the successful marriage of technology with plant biology. By using [[Greenhouses\|greenhouses]] to control heat and air conditions, using [[LED growlights\|artificial lighting]] to control light levels, using nutrient solutions to control the nutrition plants receive through their roots, and otherwise tweaking the environment that we grow plants in, it is possible to grow more plants in less space than would otherwise be possible. For example, [http://carbon.org/ The Institute of Simplified Hydroponics] report that in just 20m<sup>2</sup> (215 square feet) of space, they regularly grow 2kg (4.4lb) of vegetables ''per day''. One major benefit is that losses to [[:Category:Pests and weeds\|pests]] are dramatically reduced.		Controlled-environment growing is the successful marriage of technology with plant biology. By using [[Greenhouses\|greenhouses]] to control heat and air conditions, using [[LED growlights\|artificial lighting]] to control light levels, using nutrient solutions to control the nutrition plants receive through their roots, and otherwise tweaking the environment that we grow plants in, it is possible to grow more plants in less space than would otherwise be possible. For example, [http://carbon.org/ The Institute of Simplified Hydroponics] report that in just 20m<sup>2</sup> (215 square feet) of space, they regularly grow 2kg (4.4lb) of vegetables ''per day''. One major benefit is that losses to [[:Category:Pests and weeds\|pests]] are dramatically reduced. Another is that it lends itself to automation much more easily than any other kind of growing.

	Controlled-environment growing covers the three "ponics": [[Hydroponics\|hydroponics]], [[Aquaponics\|aquaponics]] and aeroponics.		Controlled-environment growing covers the three "ponics": [[Hydroponics\|hydroponics]], [[Aquaponics\|aquaponics]] and aeroponics.

	Open Source Ecology promotes agricultural practices that meet the [[OSE Specifications]] i.e. food systems that are open-source, replicable, cheap, scalable, simple to build and maintain, allow automation, promote decentralization, are environmentally-friendly and lead to abundance. Industrial monoculture using petrochemicals and heavy machinery do not meet these criteria, but two methods of agriculture do: [[Permaculture\|permaculture]] and controlled-environment growing. These two have different strengths and weaknesses; although controlled-environment growing allows apartment-dwellers to be self-sufficient for food, it cannot heal bad soils. And although permaculture can turn a wasteland into a beautiful forest, it cannot grow oranges in Austria.		Open Source Ecology promotes agricultural practices that meet the [[OSE Specifications]] i.e. food systems that are open-source, replicable, cheap, scalable, simple to build and maintain, allow automation, promote decentralization, are environmentally-friendly and lead to abundance. Industrial monoculture using petrochemicals and heavy machinery do not meet these criteria, but two methods of agriculture do: [[Permaculture\|permaculture]] and controlled-environment growing. These two have different strengths and weaknesses; although controlled-environment growing allows apartment-dwellers to be self-sufficient for food, it cannot heal bad soils. And although permaculture can turn a wasteland into a beautiful forest, it cannot grow oranges in Austria.

Conor at 01:40, 7 March 2011

2011-03-07T01:40:45Z

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	Controlled-environment growing covers the three "ponics": [[Hydroponics\|hydroponics]], [[Aquaponics\|aquaponics]] and aeroponics.		Controlled-environment growing covers the three "ponics": [[Hydroponics\|hydroponics]], [[Aquaponics\|aquaponics]] and aeroponics.

	Open Source Ecology promotes agricultural practices that meet the [[OSE Specifications]] i.e. food systems that are open-source, replicable, cheap, scalable, simple to build and maintain, allow automation, promote decentralization, are environmentally-friendly and lead to abundance. Industrial monoculture using petrochemicals and heavy machinery do not meet these criteria, but two methods of agriculture do: [[Permaculture\|permaculture]] and controlled-environment growing. These two have different strengths and weaknesses; although controlled-environment growing allows ~~city~~-dwellers ~~with limited space~~ to be self-sufficient for food, it cannot heal bad soils ~~the way permaculture can~~. And although permaculture can turn ~~wastelands~~ into beautiful ~~forests~~, it cannot grow ~~beneficial herbs that are not adapted to the local climate the way controlled-environment growing can~~.		Open Source Ecology promotes agricultural practices that meet the [[OSE Specifications]] i.e. food systems that are open-source, replicable, cheap, scalable, simple to build and maintain, allow automation, promote decentralization, are environmentally-friendly and lead to abundance. Industrial monoculture using petrochemicals and heavy machinery do not meet these criteria, but two methods of agriculture do: [[Permaculture\|permaculture]] and controlled-environment growing. These two have different strengths and weaknesses; although controlled-environment growing allows apartment-dwellers to be self-sufficient for food, it cannot heal bad soils. And although permaculture can turn a wasteland into a beautiful forest, it cannot grow oranges in Austria.

Conor at 21:59, 15 February 2011

2011-02-15T21:59:58Z

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	[[~~Category~~:~~Food and Agriculture~~]]		Controlled-environment growing is the successful marriage of technology with plant biology. By using [[Greenhouses\|greenhouses]] to control heat and air conditions, using [[LED growlights\|artificial lighting]] to control light levels, using nutrient solutions to control the nutrition plants receive through their roots, and otherwise tweaking the environment that we grow plants in, it is possible to grow more plants in less space than would otherwise be possible. For example, [http://carbon.org/ The Institute of Simplified Hydroponics] report that in just 20m<sup>2</sup> (215 square feet) of space, they regularly grow 2kg (4.4lb) of vegetables ''per day''. One major benefit is that losses to [[:Category:Pests and weeds\|pests]] are dramatically reduced.

			Controlled-environment growing covers the three "ponics": [[Hydroponics\|hydroponics]], [[Aquaponics\|aquaponics]] and aeroponics.

			Open Source Ecology promotes agricultural practices that meet the [[OSE Specifications]] i.e. food systems that are open-source, replicable, cheap, scalable, simple to build and maintain, allow automation, promote decentralization, are environmentally-friendly and lead to abundance. Industrial monoculture using petrochemicals and heavy machinery do not meet these criteria, but two methods of agriculture do: [[Permaculture\|permaculture]] and controlled-environment growing. These two have different strengths and weaknesses; although controlled-environment growing allows city-dwellers with limited space to be self-sufficient for food, it cannot heal bad soils the way permaculture can. And although permaculture can turn wastelands into beautiful forests, it cannot grow beneficial herbs that are not adapted to the local climate the way controlled-environment growing can.

Conor at 15:31, 12 February 2011

2011-02-12T15:31:56Z

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