Perch have largely disappeared from Lake Michigan, but Milwaukee diners soon might be able to order the popular Friday night fish fry species once more from local waters. Just in time for Lent. A new generation of yellow perch is being netted about a mile from Lake Michigan at an urban fish and vegetable farm [...]
Organic Standards
The need for aquaponically grown fish to be labeled as “Organic” is an important issue. We hope you will consider signing the petition to help make this happen.
We, the undersigned, are a consortium of citizens, growers, vendors and entrepreneurs presenting this petition to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) of the USDA.
We request that the [...]
Climate Effects
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have looked into how climate change could affect fisheries around the world. There’s no way to be certain what will happen, but using the best data currently available, they tried to model how changes in temperatures could affect these productive marine ecosystems. Some fisheries might become more productive, [...]
Beehaus
Omlet’s Beehaus kit brings the practice back down to earth for individual consumers. The Beehaus comes as a complete hive ready for colonization, with all the parts necessary including honey jars and a comprehensive beekeeping guide. Priced at GBP 465, the Beehaus is available in a choice of colours, and it comes with a 30-day [...]
Mushroom Tunnels
A microbiologist by training, Dr. Arrold originally imported his exotic mushroom cultures into Australia from their traditional homes in China, Japan, and Korea. Like a latter-day Tradescant, he regularly travels abroad to keep up with mushroom growing techniques, share his own innovations (such as the black plastic grow-bags shown above), and collect new strains.
He showed [...]