FedEx tinkerer custom builds no-waste micro farmstead by Kirsten Dirksen on October 17, 2021 Ramutis “Ray” Narkevicius kept his day job with FedEx, but cultivated his dream job by gardening his small Los Angeles …
Mad scientist’s homestead is parking size, off-grid system by Kirsten Dirksen on February 13, 2021 Former Army tech Larry Johnson has spent his career improving computer and telephone systems so when he saw inefficiencies in …
Eric Maundu’s home-aquaponics can grow veggies & fish anywhere by Kirsten Dirksen on June 20, 2020 Eric Maundu wants to put fish farming in every kitchen, or more specifically, he has created a smart aquaponics system …
Real Goods homestead eco-pioneer shares experience/lifestyle by Kirsten Dirksen on March 28, 2016 In 1971, a 22-year-old John Schaeffer, inspired by Stewart Brand and the Whole Earth Catalog, moved onto a 300-acre commune …
Aquaponics home-farm kit could grow food anywhere by Kirsten Dirksen on February 9, 2015 Paul Holowko is an electrical and computer engineer who has turned his technical skills on his garden. About a decade …
Access to tools to help craft your self reliance by Kirsten Dirksen on January 18, 2015 “We are as gods and might as well get good at it,” wrote Stewart Brand in the first Whole Earth …
Aquaponics greenhouse kit is local food turnkey solution by Kirsten Dirksen on July 12, 2014 After working for years in Afghanistan, Jim Frasche began developing an aquaponics greenhouse in Colorado for communities in both Denver …
Backyard aquaponics as self-sustained farm in (sub)urban LA by Kirsten Dirksen on February 24, 2014 Scott Henley wanted to prove he could turn the backyard of his modest Pasadena (Los Angeles) home into a working …
Internet of Farming: Arduino-based, backyard aquaponics by Kirsten Dirksen on June 30, 2013 Rik Kretzinger grew up on a Christmas tree farm and spent his college years studying horticulture, but he found it …
Internet of food: Arduino-based, urban aquaponics in Oakland by Kirsten Dirksen on June 25, 2012 The land in West Oakland where Eric Maundu is trying to farm is covered with freeways, roads, light rail and …
