www.bestgrowers.nl/start.html
www.betterbuyhydroponics.com/index.php?pr=Hydroponic_Cucumbers
www.biotech-weblog.com/50226711/hydroponics_a_smart_alternative_to_growing_rice.php
www.cahabaclub.com
www.casa-guatemala.org/map/map_location_20.html
www.commondreams.org
www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/agricult/pdf/urbanag.pdf
www.detroitagriculture.org
www.dicioccofarms.ca/index.shtml
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HS147
www.eurofresh.com/default.asp
www.farmfreshri.org/learn/urbanagriculture_providence.php
www.fast3.com/index.html
www.flowgrow.co.za/companyprofile.html
www.foodsecurity.org/PrimerCFSCUAC.pdf
www.foodsecurity.org/ua_home.html
www.freshwise.org
www.freshzest.com.au
www.gipaanda.bc.ca
www.greenhousegrown.com
www.greensgrow.org
www.grow-anywhere.com
www.growhotpeppers.com/tag/hydroponic-peppers
www.growingedge.com/staff/profiles/morgan.html
www.growingpower.org
http://grumpygnome.com/journals/gardening/july6.htm
www.hos.ufl.edu/protectedag/Strawberry.htm
www.houwelings.com
http://hubpages.com/hub/Advanced-Hydroponics
http://hubpages.com/hub/hydroponicsforbeginners
www.hydroponic-guide.com/bellpeppers.php
www.hydroponic-guide.com/vegetables-carrots.php
www.hydrotaste.com
www.idrc.ca/en/ev-92997-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
www.instructables.com/id/Hydroponic_Food_Factory/step17/Hydroponic-potatoes
www.intergrowgreenhouses.com
www.journeytoforever.org/cityfarm.html
www.k12.hi.us/~radford/vica/hydro/LETTUCE.HTM
www.kccua.org
http://lakesideproduce.com/html/overview.html
www.lans.nl/en/uk/company/mission
www.lasvegas-delight.com/index.htm
www.metroagalliance.org
www.mirabel.qc.com/default.php
www.mkeurbanag.org
www.monthlyreview.org/090119koont.php
www.mysimplehomegarden.com/garden/?p=411
www.nasa.gov/missions/science/biofarming.html
www.nbm.org/media/video/greener-good/urban-agriculture.html
www.nevadanaturals.com
www.new-ag.info/03-5/focuson.html
www.nysaes.cornell.edu/hort/faculty/weber/index.html
http://nysunworks.org
www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/dining/07urban.html
www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/dining/17roof.html
http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/hydroponics/drake/index.php?option=wrapper&Itemid=110&albumid=5035938074163502529
www.physiology.wisc.edu/ravi/okra
www.progressillinois.com/2008/09/09/…/growing-movement
www.realblueberries.com/bowerman-blueberries-hydroponic-strawberries.htm
www.redstar-trading.nl/en/uk/home
www.ruaf.org/node/512
http://savoura.com/en/section02a.html
www.seattle.gov/urbanagriculture
www.seattleurbanfarmco.com
www.sfc.ucdavis.edu/events/08workgroup/reynolds.pdf
www.sfgro.org/ua.htm
http://shenandoahrcd.org/ProjNoTillPix.htm
www.simplyhydro.com/strawberries.htm
www.smartybrand.com/index.html
www.soave.com/core/diversified_great.php
www.speedstarweb.com/other_projects.html
www.sweetwatergrowers.com
http://sweetwater-organic.com/blog
www.tcurbanag.com/
www.technologyforthepoor.com/UrbanAgriculture/Garden.htm
www.thanetearth.com/about-us.html
www.theberrypatchky.com/Berries.html
www.thinairgrowingsystems.com
www.uky.edu/Ag/Horticulture/anderson/brassica.pdf
www.urbanagcouncil.com
www.urbanagriculture-mena.org
www.urbanbliss.com/hydroponics.html
www.urbangardeninghelp.com
www.villagefarms.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfVfq3lUlGM
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acetylsalicylic acid
adaptive radiation
aeroponic farming
agriculture
deforestation and
external natural forces and
hydroponic and aeroponic
“organically grown” movement
and pollution
seed production
urban framing
vertical farms and
weather-related crop failures
See also garbage and waste; vertical farm
agriculture (yesterday’s)
ancient gods and
Bhutan
biosphere vs. technosphere
development of
Egypt
Fertile Crescent
Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthals)
Homo sapiens sapiens
human beings, migration out of Africa
Mexico
Peru
plants, cultivation of
religion and
species, introduced infectious agents casing extinction of
stewardship
the sun as a god
written language, development of
agriculture (today’s)
agrochemicals, and ecological disruption
Civil War
colonial period
dust bowl, recovery of
dynamite, invention of
farmers, population of
food, future needs
food cost
food shortages
frog populations, epidemics in
gasoline powered tractor
The Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck)
have-nots
haves
internal combustion engine
Louisiana Purchase
oil, discovery and production of
slavery
victory gardens
World War II and
agriculture (tomorrow’s)
agrochemicals
Bangladesh, flooding in
Central Valley of California, failure of
corn, cultivation of
crop failures and loss of yield
food recalls
food safety
food shortages
genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
greenhouse gases
municipal waste management
natural selection
pesticides
rapid climate change
seed production
soil loss
urban framing
vertical farming as solution
water wars
agricultural runoff
vertical farming and
agrochemicals
climate change and
demand for produce free from
and ecological disruption
Allen, Will
Anasazi and agriculture
animal poultices
animal feed
postharvest plant material used as
Anthony Hunt and Associates
Antikythera Mechanism
Apple Store (NYC)
apples
cultivation of
architectural imperialism
artemisinin
fake
aspirin
asthma
Aswan dam
atomic bombs
atrazine
Australian Aborigines
avocados, growing in tap water
Ayurveda medical system
Babylonians and agriculture
Bacon, Francis
Bangladesh, flooding in
Bayer Company
Bhutan
biofuels
biomes
bioproductivity
Black Death
black water/grey water
municipal waste management
purification to drinking water
Boone, Daniel
Borneo
rain forest ecosystem restoration
Bosque Lluvioso rain forest (Costa Rica) ecosystem restoration
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (Cornell University)
Bradley, Bill
Braungart, Michael
Bronx Botanical Gardens (New York City)
Bunshaft, Gordon
calendars, development of
carbon dioxide
and coral reefs
farms and forests sequestering
Carnegie, Andrew
Carson, Rachel
Central Valley of California
agricultural runoff
failure of
Central America
and the development of agriculture
native peoples, near extinction of
Chernobyl (Ukraine)
apparent ecosystem restoration
China
and the development of agriculture
China State Construction Engineering Corporation
Chinese proverb
chlorophyll
Cholera
Chongming Island
expansion of
Chu, Steven
Churchill, Winston
cities
bio-mimicking ecosystems
and drinking water
eco-city of tomorrow
as “living organisms,”
municipal waste management
of the near future
without waste
See also urban life
Civil War
Clarke, Arthur C.
Clean Water Act
Clinton, Bill
Collapse (Diamond)
connectivity
Copernicus
coral reefs
and rising sea surface temperatures
corn (maize)
cultivation of
Ethanol
milling
Native Americans and
storage of
Costa Rica
rain forest ecosystem restoration
cotton crop
Cradle to Cradle (McDonough)
crop failures
end of weather-related, vertical farms and
crop production
year-round, vertical farms and
Croton Reservoir and aqueduct system (New York State)
cyclones
cyclospora
Darfur
Darwin, Charles
DDT
deforestation
demilitarized zone (between North and South Korea)
ecosystem restoration
Den Bosch, Netherlands
Development
Diamond, Jared
diarrheal diseases
diazinon
digoxin
Dirksen, Everett
diseases
faecally transmitted infections
garbage and waste
gastrointestinal parasitic worm infections
species, introduced infectious agents causing extinction of
water parasites
Drake, “Colonel” Edwin
Drayton, William, Sr.
droughts
dung beetles (scarab beetles)
dye chemistry
and the commercial drug industry
dynamite, invention of
E. coli 0157:H7
eco-city of tomorrow
ecosystem restoration
vertical farm and
ecosystems
ability to repair themselves
agrochemicals and
damage
disruptions, agricultural runoff and
environmental repair and food needs
greenhouse gases
natural selection
rapid climate change
recycling and
soil loss
symbiosis
water wars
See also global warming; internal combustion engine
Eden Project (England)
Egypt
and agriculture
the flow of the Nile
Elliot, Ramblin’ Jack
Emancipation Proclamation
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
environmental repair
and food needs
ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene)
Ethanol
EuroFresh Farms
faecally transmitted infections
farms
carbon, sequestering
farmers
population of
farming
deforestation and
external natural forces and
hydroponic and aeroponic
“organically grown” movement
and pollution
seed production
urban framing
weather-related crop failures
feces
faecally transmitted infections
as fertilizer
Fernandez, Dr. Facundo
Fertile Crescent
fertilizer
agricultural runoff
and ecosystem disruptions
human feces as
nitrogen fertilizer (ammonium nitrate)
vertical farming and
Finlayson, Bill
fish and shell fish
agricultural runoff and
farming indoors
floods
Florida, produce from
Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc.
Fonda, Henry
food
recalls
safety
shortages
spoilage
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
Food, Inc (film)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
food miles
reduced by vertical farm
food production
terrorist activities and
food safety and security
vertical farming and
forests
carbon, sequestering
deforestation
renewing
Ford, Henry
Fortune magazine
fossil fuels
discovery of
and global warming
production of
U.S. consumption of
See also rapid climate change
Franklin, Benjamin
frog populations
epidemics in
fruits
farming indoors
Gaia hypothesis
Galápagos Islands
Gandhi, Mahatma
garbage and waste
and New York City
vermin and diseases
See also organic waste material
gastrointestinal parasitic worm infections
Genesis
genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
geothermal energy
Gericke, Dr. William Frederick
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