From foo@swipnet.se Tue Apr 18 12:41:20 2000 Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:32:33 +0200 From: Jacky Foo To: 'sanet-mg List' Subject: Ecogenics closed loop ecosystem -----Original Message----- Source: IIBSnet Public Forum et-w1' http://segate.sunet.se/archives/et-w1.html 1) From: Jacky Foo [foo@SWIPNET.SE] 2) From: Roberto Verzola [rverzola@phil.gn.apc.org] 1)-----Original Message----- From: Jacky Foo [foo@SWIPNET.SE] Marc Cardoso at EgoGenics [ecogenics@icx.net] >My organisation, ECOGENICS, has taken >the concept of the micro-farm to a very dynamic level. ....(cut).... >The Ecogenics closed loop ecosystems >maximise the per square ft profitability by growing high ticket products >such as blue green algae in a symbiotic relationship with Tilapia fish as a >result of that self sustaining combination it is then possible to grow high >value crops hydroponically ..... >We expect that within the next couple of >years there will be 150 systems operational across the U.S.A.and the world. I have checked your web site at http://www.dabney.com/ecogenics/ and would like to know: (a) the fish yields per sq.ft (or m2) (b) what is the source of water for the fish (tap water, or wastewater, etc ?) (c) do you use supplementary fish feed regards jacky 2) -----Original Message----- From: Roberto Verzola [rverzola@phil.gn.apc.org] >........all the products are organically certifiable. >in fact, we are the only organically certified tilapia production system in >the world. Do organic rules allow hydroponics (which I understand to mean growing plants without soil, on an artificial medium like water to which minerals and nutrients are added by the grower? I can't imagine how this can be organic, when such plants (or fish) will clearly be deprived of many micronutrients they get from the soil which scientists might not even have discovered yet. Roberto Verzola To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command "unsubscribe sanet-mg". If you receive the digest format, use the command "unsubscribe sanet-mg-digest". To Subscribe to Digest: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command "subscribe sanet-mg-digest". All messages to sanet-mg are archived at: http://www.sare.org/san/htdocs/hypermail