bargainman Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 THis was a really inspiring talk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lessthaniv Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 THis was a really inspiring talk: Stay tuned ... http://www.alterrus.ca/verticrop/the-technology/ The chief supply chain officer from Lululemon got together with Steve Fane from Hot House Growers .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormR Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 While enjoy gardening as a hobby, isn't it generally a waste of human capital? You'd have to be pretty poor to be doing it for the money in most cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otsog Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 I had thought I read somewhere that urban agriculture saved Cuba after the Soviet collapse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organop%C3%B3nicos Reading that however it seems that urban agriculture was more of a last resort measure because Cuba couldn't get the proper oil, fertilizers and pesticides to do enough large scale farming. In the case of the OP unfortunately it does seem to be a mis-allocation of capital as well looking solely at the resources required for the production. However, that talk was inspiring as hell and that guy is a total badass. The positive externalities of building community, volunteering, neigbourhood beautification and giving kids in a socio-economic hellhole something positive to do I think more than makes up for the inefficiencies of the farming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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