We could definitely use some "alternative gardening" with sub-irrigated planters (SIPs) like the EarthBoxes here in the Big Apple. The apple would be a lot healthier if we did.
Why is the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) the foremost promoter of SIP food production rather then U.S. institutions? Why is the USDA and Extension Program so uninvolved? There are also many business opportunities and new jobs to be had in this marketplace.
Source: Project Medishare
Via: The Growing Connection (FAO organization)
In May 2008, Project Medishare began experimenting with 20 of the 220 Earth Boxes which were donated to Project Medishare by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
In partnership with Project Medishare and The Global Institute at the University of Miami, the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida (IFAS) has been providing technical assistance for the Millennium Village Project’s agricultural program.
The program is an effort to begin an alternative growing program for the vulnerable (elders, sick, handicapped), children and adolescents.
Thanks to Project Medishare’s Agronomist, Ronal Bien-aimé and IFAS’s Florence Sergile the Earth Boxes experiment proved to be a success and has expanded from the trial garden to the clinic in Marmont so visitors and patients can see the possibilities of alternative gardening, and the link between nutrition and good health.
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Posted by: Susan | February 10, 2010 at 11:50 PM