Jesse Hull's Posts - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T12:07:26ZJesse Hullhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JesseHullhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2796904767?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=1hz9hps9e4l8w&xn_auth=noNYTimes "My Dream Food Label"tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-11-04:4778851:BlogPost:4138132012-11-04T18:46:03.000ZJesse Hullhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JesseHull
<p><span>"WHAT would an ideal food label look like? By “ideal,” I mean from the perspective of consumers, not marketers."</span></p>
<p><span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/opinion/sunday/bittman-my-dream-food-label.html?_r=3&">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/opinion/sunday/bittman-my-dream-food-label.html?_r=3&</a></span></p>
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<p><span>"WHAT would an ideal food label look like? By “ideal,” I mean from the perspective of consumers, not marketers."</span></p>
<p><span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/opinion/sunday/bittman-my-dream-food-label.html?_r=3&">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/opinion/sunday/bittman-my-dream-food-label.html?_r=3&</a></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/that-flawed-stanford-study/"></a></p>
<p>I tried to ignore the month-old “<a href="http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1355685">Stanford study</a>.” I really did. It made so little sense that I thought it would have little impact.</p>
<p><a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/that-flawed-stanford-study/"></a></p>
<p>That was dumb of me, and I’m sorry.…</p>
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<p>I tried to ignore the month-old “<a href="http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1355685">Stanford study</a>.” I really did. It made so little sense that I thought it would have little impact.</p>
<p><a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/that-flawed-stanford-study/"></a></p>
<p>That was dumb of me, and I’m sorry.</p>
<p><a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/that-flawed-stanford-study/"></a></p>
<p>The study, <a href="http://grist.org/food/organic-food-may-not-have-a-big-nutritional-edge-but-how-much-does-that-matter/">which suggested</a> — incredibly — that there is no “strong evidence that organic foods are significantly more nutritious than conventional foods,” caused as great an uproar as anything that has happened, food-wise, this year. (By comparison, the Alzheimer’s/diabetes link <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/bittman-is-alzheimers-type-3-diabetes/">I wrote about last week</a> was ignored.)</p>
<p><a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/that-flawed-stanford-study/"></a></p>
<p>That’s because headlines (and, of course, tweets) matter. The Stanford study was not only an exercise in misdirection, it was a headline generator. By providing “useful” and “counterintuitive” information about organic food, it played right into the hands of the news hungry while conveniently obscuring important features of organic agriculture...</p>
<p>Mark Bittman - NY Times</p>
<p>Continued at:</p>
<p><a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/that-flawed-stanford-study/">http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/that-flawed-stanford-study/</a></p>Local Farming in Russia: For a country that only has a 110 day growing season, this is truly impressive.tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-10-01:4778851:BlogPost:4098672012-10-01T21:00:00.000ZJesse Hullhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JesseHull
<p>"<span>It turns out that Russia’s current agricultural model is one that thrives as a result of the </span><strong>millions of small-scale, family-owned and -operated, organically-cultivated farms</strong><span> that together produce the vast majority of the food consumed throughout the country."…</span></p>
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<p>"<span>It turns out that Russia’s current agricultural model is one that thrives as a result of the </span><strong>millions of small-scale, family-owned and -operated, organically-cultivated farms</strong><span> that together produce the vast majority of the food consumed throughout the country."</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/russias-small-scale-organic-agriculture-model-may-hold-the-key-to-feeding-the-world/">http://www.trueactivist.com/russias-small-scale-organic-agriculture-model-may-hold-the-key-to-feeding-the-world/</a></p>Mr. Rogers: "Garden of Your Mind"tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-06-18:4778851:BlogPost:3522132012-06-18T19:03:48.000ZJesse Hullhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JesseHull
<p style="text-align: center;">Nicely Done...</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OFzXaFbxDcMHow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OFzXaFbxDcMHow</a> does your garden grow?</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Nicely Done...</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OFzXaFbxDcMHow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OFzXaFbxDcMHow</a> does your garden grow?</p>Eating local hurts the planet?tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-06-17:4778851:BlogPost:3516172012-06-17T18:30:00.000ZJesse Hullhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JesseHull
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Two scientists argue "food miles,"</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">the distance from farm to plate, is a worthless measure.</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">Article: <a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/06/16/eating_local_hurts_the_planet/singleton/" target="_blank">Excerpt from 'The Locavore's Dilemma'</a></p>
<p>Interesting takes:</p>
<p>1- "<span>The locavores’ only original addition to the rhetoric of past generations of food and environmental activists…</span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Two scientists argue "food miles,"</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">the distance from farm to plate, is a worthless measure.</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">Article: <a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/06/16/eating_local_hurts_the_planet/singleton/" target="_blank">Excerpt from 'The Locavore's Dilemma'</a></p>
<p>Interesting takes:</p>
<p>1- "<span>The locavores’ only original addition to the rhetoric of past generations of food and environmental activists is the concept of “food miles”".</span> </p>
<p><em>OK, but do the reasons regarding local food have to be "original" to be important?</em></p>
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<p><span>2- "[as opposed to during transport] <span>food losses are more significant in retail and food service establishments and in homes... <span>roughly a third of the food bought by consumers — was thrown out every year... </span></span><strong>Locavore initiatives such as Community Supported Agriculture result in more waste of fresh produce than is the case when people shop at supermarkets.</strong>" </span></p>
<p><span><em>Wow, really? My experience is that those who take the time to grow their own food or buy locally are very conscious about what gets thrown away. In addition, they are very conscious of HOW leftovers get disposed of (compost vs. landfill).</em></span></p>
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<p><span>Comments?</span></p>Martin Luther King, Jr Daytag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-01-16:4778851:BlogPost:2788072012-01-16T18:00:00.000ZJesse Hullhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JesseHull
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<p>Things could only get worse as the populations of all nations increase, the world's food supply dwindles, and those with only profit in mind perpetuate a road to ruin. <br/> Will it be the urgency regarding our most basic needs (food, water, and energy) that reconnects us, or will it be the clamoring for the last drop of clean water, the last viable seed, and the last bit of fertile land that finally tears us apart?</p>
<p>Every one of us must be willing to step out of our level of comfort and make conscious and moral efforts toward change. <br/> I salute those who have carved the road behind us, as well as the pathfinders who honor those sacrifices by continuing to forge ahead.<br/> _____________________________________________________________</p>
<p><br/> <strong>"The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows."</strong></p>
<p><strong>"The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood."</strong></p>
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</div>Good things happen to those who grow.tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-01-03:4778851:BlogPost:2718282012-01-03T00:33:51.000ZJesse Hullhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JesseHull
<div>While pulling the holiday decor off our windows, we caught a strong smell of gas in our front yard. So we called the gas company and they sent a woman to check it out. She ends up needing to look at our furnace, and on the way down the stairs she hears the water running and sees the light blasting out of <a href="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/photo/inductionlightingtests-400w-2800k-day-39-b?context=user" target="_blank">our R&D garden room</a>. She pauses and looks at me out of the…</div>
<div>While pulling the holiday decor off our windows, we caught a strong smell of gas in our front yard. So we called the gas company and they sent a woman to check it out. She ends up needing to look at our furnace, and on the way down the stairs she hears the water running and sees the light blasting out of <a href="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/photo/inductionlightingtests-400w-2800k-day-39-b?context=user" target="_blank">our R&D garden room</a>. She pauses and looks at me out of the corner of her eye, not sure what to do... (we get that a lot, actually :D). I just start laughing, take her inside and show her the huge heads of lettuce we have under the test lights, and her eyes just about pop out of her head. By coincidence, I was harvesting the lettuce today, so I offered her some.</div>
<div>Turns out she just won a fight with breast cancer, and we ended up talking about nutrition, organics, Monsanto, etc for about an hour. </div>
<div>Long story short, we weren't the source of the gas leak, but she stuck around and hooked up our stove (which has been out of commission since we moved in), and left with a nice 1/2 lb head of "bunny-ponic" lettuce. </div>
<div>It was a good day.</div>
<div>Jesse</div>Edison Quotetag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-10-18:4778851:BlogPost:2343012011-10-18T22:07:34.000ZJesse Hullhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JesseHull
<p><strong>“I’d put my money on solar energy…I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”</strong></p>
<p><strong>~Thomas Edison, in conversation with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, March 1931</strong></p>
<p><strong>“I’d put my money on solar energy…I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”</strong></p>
<p><strong>~Thomas Edison, in conversation with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, March 1931</strong></p>Emerson Quotetag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-09-22:4778851:BlogPost:2225472011-09-22T05:52:44.000ZJesse Hullhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JesseHull
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<p>"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.</p>
<p>This is to have succeeded."</p>
<p>-Ralph Waldo Emerson</p>
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<p>"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.</p>
<p>This is to have succeeded."</p>
<p>-Ralph Waldo Emerson</p>