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Please tell us something else about yourself.: I am a 71 y.o., now-retired Town Planner, and it is only through my relatively recent joining of the 'Urban Agriculture Group' on Linked-in, that I have become to fully appreciate the issue of sustainable food production and supply.

Such was not only not a 'town planning' issue encountered during my planning career, but does not figure as an issue that is or is required to be addressed, in any state or local council planning schemes I have ever come across.

Through this group I now have a much greater understanding of the various aspects of not only 'urban agriculture', but also the wider aspects of both 'traditional' and 'industrial' agriculture and its related food delivery system and its many detrimental aspects, both with respect to food cost and quality, and the adverse impact of 'industrial monoculture' farming on the long-term quality and ultimate capacity of agricultural soils.

I have more recently been involved in some 'casual' 'post-retirement' projects involving potential local food production and aquaponic systems, as well as as seeking to see that these issues are more widely disseminated in the town planning community and incorporated into town planning schemes, and the general community consciousness.

At 10:27am on February 20, 2015, Tonnie van Ginkel said…: "MAC"Found you on this site when I googled you.

My email tonnievg@gmail.com

At 10:03am on December 6, 2014, fathy harfoush fathy said…: Mr. Roy can i know which kind of farm you have

At 11:43am on November 30, 2014, Jack Dunbar said…: Hi Roy.

How's things on that side of the world. I hope you've had a chance to browse around this site. I f you go to the upper right of your home page and type in whatever you're looking for, you should be able to find info. Become a member of various different groups and start asking questions. I've only been involved for alittle over a year so I still have a lot to learn but I feel like I've also learned so much. There are so many great people on this site that will tell it the way it is. This site is awesome.Take care...

Jack

At 11:10am on November 29, 2014, Jack Dunbar said…: Welcome to the Aquaponics Community Roy.