I've been growing white strawberries (called pineberries, because they are supposed o taste like pineapple, but don't) for years. They spread into my aquaponics bed and took off. They grow and spread like wildfire, but we weren't impressed with the fruits, so I use them as ground cover mostly.

That is clearly not true. It may be one of the less toxic human made functioning, profitable herbicides, but that's not what you said by far.

Roundup is not a pesticide, it's an herbicide. Conflating it with pesticides is ridiculous and incredibly misleading. Roundup is used to control weeds and remove genetic 'contamination' of specific crops. EDIT: Many of those crops are genetically modified to act as pesticides without spraying chemicals, which is a good reason to want to limit cross contamination in either direction.

Other alternatives are no chemicals at all, or only ecologically safe (usually natural) chemicals. I don't use chemicals on my farm, I weed, I spray horticulture oil, I spread ashes, I grow twice what I can eat so some loss to insects won't matter, and I remove insects, slugs, and snails by hand. It takes more work, but the statement that the only alternative to Roundup is worse chemicals or agriculture collapse is completely and obviously false and indicates a total ignorance of the issue you speak about.

"Modern Agriculture" today means hydroponics, aeroponics, and aquaponics, none of which can benefit a whit from Roundup. You mean to say "Industrial Agriculture". The collapse of industrial agriculture might not be a bad thing, as it's incredibly destructive and produces a sub par product. More people farming on smaller farms puts more people to work, makes better product, and makes the people who work on the land feel responsible for it's upkeep, not consider it a resource to be exploited as efficiently as possible.

Mentioning Monsanto's involvement in the project is not the same as saying "neither Einstein or Openheimer or others were behind the Manhattan project, it was Monsanto all along that plotted to destroy Japanese cities with nuclear weapons". They clearly implied that Monsanto joined the project as a way to 'cozy up to' the political elite, and it worked.

Where did you hear this ridiculous hypothesis about their motive? Do you see and hear things that other people don't see and hear? It's clear that the motive in all cases was profit, either directly, or future profits secured by 'making friends' in government by cooperating with them or by forcing farmers into untenable contracts and positions where, in some cases, farmers that don't use Monsanto crops were sued because Monsanto said the pollen that pollinated the crops came from a neighbors Monsanto crops, so the seed belongs to Monsanto. Monsanto does not set out to cause damage and harm, they simply don't care if it happens as a side effect of their profit making methods, which they will protect with any means possible.

Just wow, a more deliberately misleading description of the video would be hard to create.

I'll let you know how the aquaponics system works out when it's up and running. It sounds like you might want one.

*ban Can't post your own videos. Them the rules Although aquaponics is dope shit.

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:

I have been considering heading back to school for nuclear engineering for said thorium, @Spacedog79. Problem is, schooling for it is all actually for the uranium stuff, and they mock thorium based reactors. I have a friend whom is a freshman in nuclear engineering and he already discounts it at the direction of his teachers. I think I am going to drop Kirk Sorensen an email and ask what should my course be, I know he just (last year) started the Flibe energy company to develop the LFTR, I want to try and be involved with that in whatever way is the smartest for me. Even so, like this video points out, growth makes it so that even thorium, anything that is consumed is limited. The energy advancement we make will make future generations even more dependent on even further advancements. The failing of that will result in more massive suffering than if no advancement was ever made, or at least that is a risk (one of many). Either way, thorium seems like a good solution in the interim. I'll let you know what I hear, if I hear, from Kirk.


awesome. dig it.

Myself and a few friends are very serious about buying some land and building a sustainable teaching farm in the next few years. aquaponics, etc.

We certainly can't wait for politicians to lead.

I wish more peeps would upvote this vid. sucky title but a very comprehensive summary of the world.