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 …
Nebraska retiree uses earths’s heat to grow oranges in snow by Kirsten Dirksen on May 27, 2018 Winter temperatures in Alliance, Nebraska can drop to -20°F, but retired mailman Russ Finch grows oranges in his backyard greenhouse …
FarmBot: open-source backyard robot for automated gardening by Kirsten Dirksen on September 26, 2016 In the front yard of Rory Aronson’s San Luis Obispo home (that he shares with 9 roommates), a robot is …
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 …
Teens create automated aeroponics garden kit with NASA tech by Kirsten Dirksen on December 8, 2014 15-year-old Erik Meike and Briana Das, along with their 12-year-old sisters Elise and Leona (respectively) wanted to create a “No-Touch …
Self-sustaining farm for Wisconsin cold via backyard aeroponics by Kirsten Dirksen on June 29, 2014 Benjamin Staffeldt grew up on a farm and works in a garden center so when he and his wife Sara …
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 …
Biointensive mini-farming: grow more food in less space by Kirsten Dirksen on November 13, 2012 With just one-tenth of an acre of space, it’s possible to grow your entire diet, claims a Northern California gardening …
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 …
