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Fish Don't Fart - Invention Offers Easy Solution To Food Shortages
San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 25, 2008 Portable Farms announces the availability of their new invention, Portable Farms which offers an easy way to grow 100 pounds of home-grown fish and 400 heads of lettuce (or other table vegetables) per year in a small 6 foot x 8 foot space. Units can be scaled to feed several families, a small neighborhood, or an entire village. The fish and table vegetables can be eaten or sold locally to stores or restaurants. Portable Farms offers an easy solution to the rising food prices in this country, and the lack of available food and protein in 3rd world countries. According to United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, "12.6 percent of the world population of 6.6 billion people are suffering from Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM). Protein is necessary for key body functions including provision of essential amino acids and development and maintenance of muscles." Colle Davis, the inventor of Portable Farms brings his unique talents and expertise to create a working solution capable of solving the problems of food prices, food shortages and world poverty. He was educated at University of California at Davis in the field of Renewable Natural Resources and has been refining his invention of Portable Farms since the early 1970's. Colle Davis, the inventor of the Portable Farms said, "This is very exciting. I've been perfecting the Portable Farm for 36 years. It's actually very simple: Water circulates from a water tank filled with fish and a newly patented pump moves water through a settling tank, then the water flows through shallow beds of gravel containing fresh vegetables. This pump keeps the fish tank free of sediments and sends the nutrients to the plants. It's a perfectly efficient system." A Portable Farm: - Is affordable and pays for itself - Requires only minimal upkeep (less than five minutes a day) - Requires only minimal space - No soil, no watering, no weeding, no fertilizers or pesticides, no hand feeding fish - Can be Solar Powered and fully automated - Offers a wide variety of choices of table vegetables - Raises Tilapia and catfish (both herbivores -- vegetarian fish) which can be raised on a vegetable protein plant (duckweed or algae). Portable Farms grows: - Lettuce, basil, peppers, sage, parsley, cilantro and most herbs - Flowering plants: tomatoes, strawberries, peas, squash, eggplants - Colorful flowers - Hybrid Tilapia or catfish, or other fish depending on availability and local regulations. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Share This Article With Planet Earth
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EU declares war on illegal fishing with tougher sanctions
Luxembourg (AFP) June 24, 2008EU governments agreed Tuesday to step up the fight against illegal fishing with plans for hefty fines for the worst offenders amid a row over whether tuna fishermen declared all of their catches. |
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