Bill Gates, meet aquaponics. Aquaponics, Bill Gates. "Bill Gates to world: Spend more on farming" 01/26/2012
Bill Gates knows that " 1 billion live in extreme poverty and struggle to find food every day. Together we can choose to do something about it." But, he doesn't mention aquaponics as a possible solution to that problem. Could it be possible that he's unaware of the existence of aquaponics despite the fact that ecoTECH (based in Seattle, WA) recently received " a 5 year supply purchase contract of approx $12 million dollars per annum from one of Canada's largest supermarket chains?" Voice of America radio recently did a 5 minute piece about aquaponics as well - Aquaponics Could Signal Future of Food. But, if it turns out that Bill G. missed out on both these stories, June Stoyer's The Organic View radio program (over 1 million listeners globally) is doing a show about aquaponics today with guest Sylvia Bernstein - who wrote the book Aquaponic Gardening and started a great online aquaponics community a few years ago. Tune in, Bill! CommentsJeroen 01/26/2012 12:57
Great introduction... In my mind it's nothing more than natural that these two would get acquainted. ;-) Wouldn't for instance All Gore be great to have in this introduction too? Liz 01/26/2012 13:14
It would be great if Gates could put the weight of his foundation behind this anti-hunger effort. 01/26/2012 16:31
Alan, there should be tweet and like options directly below the bottom of the post (in this case below the video). The options on the website for adding more sharing options are unfortunately limited. On my list of things to look into someday, lol. noel visser 01/26/2012 17:53
Bill go talk to Ben you are a total tool without him, at least Bill and Ben the flower pot man had peoples respect! I Bill will give you a pitance in exchange for your goverment selling it soul to Micrsoft corp! BIll it is all coming out! So pull your head in and give someone like this man here enough to make a diffence to the one's you CLAIM you care about. Someone that is not connected to the policy makers, someone that will tell you to fuck off if you get in the way of the end result of feeding these people. BILL I challange you to Prove you are not full of shit !! Byron 01/26/2012 18:50
He could do alot of good, if he team up with aquaponics 01/26/2012 20:16
Interesting initiative, Tom ... just to bring you back to my ball park, you might be interested to know that FC Barcelona are working with Bill Gates on various projects ... I'll investigate 01/29/2012 02:43
Great way to spread word of mouth about an important topic Alan. I am a huge fan of sustainable food production and this is brilliant. Thanks for the introduction. Your comment will be posted after it is approved. Leave a Reply | Author99% Monkeys is a non profit which is seeking to support sustainable food growing practices both locally and globally, with a particular emphasis on aquaponics.  ArchivesMarch 2012 CategoriesAll |
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