Posts Tagged ‘sustainable agriculture’

Who Will Build the First Vertical Mushroom Farm?

I recently read The Vertical Farm, Feeding the world in the 21st Century, by Dickson Despommier (2010, Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin’s Press, New York, NY) and I also got a chance to chat with him on the phone to get some information for an article I wrote for a magazine. Dr. Despommier is a [...]

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Poacher Today, Mushroom Farmer Tomorrow

Good on the man who wakes up one morning and says to himself, “You know, poaching sucks. I think I’ll try mushroom farming.” Apparently that is just what some poachers are saying in Thailand these days (er, sort of, maybe?) This according to an AFP article (and I don’t know exactly what AFP is, although [...]

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