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Growing Spirulina algae in PET bottles

The history of the use of blue-algae as a high value food source Fast growing algae as a nutrition source of the future is not only an idea found in science fiction books, or case studies of NASA. In fact … Continue reading

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Sack gardening

Introduction Sack gardening is a form container gardening that can be practised in densely populated areas where a garden plot is usually not available for most parts of the local population. Like other forms of urban gardens that can be … Continue reading

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Urban micro farming: growing vegetables in sacks

Sack gardening is a low cost way to overcome the common problems that prevent food production in slums or other densely populated urban areas: lack of cultivatable space, no land ownership, no or low income; thus providing means to increase … Continue reading

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Growing Spirulina algae in PET bottles

Spirulina platensis is a blue-algae/cyanobacterium which has been used as a rich food-supplement in east Africa (and Mexico) by the local population for hundreds of years. In recent years its quick growth characteristics and ease of cultivation has led to … Continue reading

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Sub-Objective: Food Production

What traditional farming techniques that can be adjusted for urban farming? How can people grow food using minimal space (urban micro farming)? Are there traditional ways to create communities around this concept of farming? What special traditional plants could have … Continue reading

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