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#foodsecurity

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Tinker ☀️

The Kratky Hydroponic Lettuce Wall will be comprised of a couple of things:

1) A utility shelf with adjustable shelving
2) Full spectrum LED "grow" light strips w/ timer
3) Grow bins

That's it.

The utility shelf can be broken down into the following requirements:
- DANGER!!! WARNING!!! IMPORTANT!!!: The shelves should be able to actually hold the weight of your grow bins. Water is heavy. Many shelves by themselves cannot support the weight of the water and will need support. So check the weight rating on the shelves you get. We'll continue to talk about this further as we built out the shelf.
- ANOTHER DANGER!!! WARNING!!! IMPORTANT!!!: You need a way to anchor your shelves to the wall SECURELY!!! You don't want this thing tipping over. You build it too high and it falls on your kid or dog or cat and they may die. Secure this to your wall. Especially the higher you build it.
- Shelves need to be adjustable to allow enough space for the bin to sit and for the plant to grow
- A way to attach the light strips to the shelf above the grow bin
- Bonus: Make it pretty

The Grow Light Strips can be broken into the following requirements:
- They should fit the length of the shelf you pick and be attachable to it in some way
- You should be able to control them with a timer (either on the light itself or set up with a wall socket timer
- Have a method of increasing the light or decreasing the light (easily add more light strips if needed, or adjust brightness, etc)
- Be full spectrum "grow" light. Note: it does not have to SAY grow light. Sometimes lights are like cakes. A regular white cake is cheap. Add the name "Wedding" to that same cake and it gets expensive. As long as the LED light strip generates enough light for a plant to eat, we're good.

The grow bins can be broken down into the following requirements:
- They should hold water.
- They should be fully opaque and not allow any light into the bin itself.
- They should hold some sort of grow medium to allow a plant to grow on top and provide access to the roots to get into the bin to access the nutrient water
- Bonus: Make them pretty

That's it.

No pumps.
No aerators.
No central reservoir.

Just a place to put a kratky bin and grow lettuce.

We'll tackle how to size and shop for a utility shelf next.

#solarPunk
#indoorGardening
#verticalFarming
#hydroponics
#kratky
#kratkyMethod
#vegetableGardening
#gardening
#postScarcity
#foodSecurity

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Headlines Africa

Africa: Ukraine's Problems in Maintaining Grain Quality During the War: [InfoWire] Ukraine, historically known as the "breadbasket of Europe," has faced unprecedented challenges in maintaining grain quality over the past five years. Major suppliers are gradually abandoning shipments from Ukraine - according to Chinese customs, China sharply reduced imports of Ukrainian grain in March this year, and compared to… newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKMj #Ukraine #GrainQuality #FoodSecurity #Agriculture #Wheat

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The Global Plant Council

Triggering parasitic plant ‘suicide’ to help farmers

Parasitic weeds devastate crops in food-insecure regions by hijacking plant signals. Scientists have found a way to trick these weeds into germinating when no host is present, causing them to die. Using engineered microbes, they’re producing key plant hormones to potentially turn this natural system into a powerful defense.

globalplantcouncil.org/trigger via UCRiverside #PlantScience #Science #Plants #Weeds #Food #foodsecurity

Image: UCR student Annalise Kane, co-first author of the study. Credit: Claudia Sepulveda/UCR
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Miss Gayle

"The fight for food sovereignty is essential because without control over our food systems, we are vulnerable to colonial and corporate control. ...Corporate colonialism...includes industrial complexes, like the agriculture industrial complex. So it is still colonialism but it is kind of morphed, and it doesn’t just impact Indigenous Peoples anymore. Everyone is being colonized by the corporations now."

Link: resilience.org/stories/2025-04

Interview with Māori activist Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn: “Activism is not just about political change, it is about spiritual alignment” Priscilla Claeys, Jasber Singh, originally published by Agro-Ecology Now! April 18, 2025 We are living through a pivotal moment in history, and our resilience is our greatest weapon. If we can remain grounded in our spiritual and cultural foundations, we will continue to build movements that are not only resistant but regenerative. Fossil Fuel Action, Auckland – Catherine being detained by yellow vested police at a climate action, Auckland, 2016. Photo: Greenpeace This interview was conducted on 4 September 2024. It was recorded, transcribed & edited by Priscilla Claeys and Jasber Singh. I have seen the UN become more & more fascistic with the capturing of different UN agencies by corporate agendas. ...I have played a role...working on documenting oral histories & indigenous knowledge systems to ensure they are recognized & integrated into contemporary governance frameworks. The ability to bridge activism with research has enabled me to push for legislative changes that respect indigenous sovereignty...my role has expanded to include mentoring younger activists, and engaging in grassroots mobilization to strengthen our collective voice. It’s not just about preserving culture—it’s about reclaiming our inherent rights & ensuring that our descendants live in a world where they are not subjugated by systems designed to erase them.
#Indigenous#Sustainability#Localization
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Headlines Africa

Africa: Hooves Vs. Habitats - Striking a Sustainable Balance Between Livestock and the Environment Is Crucial to Africa's Future: [IPS] Dakar, Senegal -- In my country, Senegal, almost 70 percent of our land is used to graze livestock. Here and across Africa, pastoralists and livestock keepers sustain herding systems which are closely bound up with our landscapes and crucial to… newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKGy #SustainableAgriculture #LivestockManagement #FoodSecurity #EcologicalBalance #Pastoralism

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DoomsdaysCW

A '#PotagerGarden' Is Perfect for Anyone Who Wants to Start Growing Their Own Food

Calling all green-thumbed cooks!

By Laura Fenton, April 17, 2025

Excerpt (I LOVE this idea and have used it):

Incorporate Decorative Garden Structures

"Potager gardens often include decorative vertical elements like trellises and tuteurs. 'I replaced all my boring metal tomato cages with willow pyramids, and I love adding trellises for vertical climbers like sweet peas and cucumbers,' says Poshusta. Likewise, decorative cloches can add that vertical element and protect your crops from nibbling animals. Gardner has an arbor with climbing roses that defines the entry to her potager."

realsimple.com/potager-garden-

Real SimpleThis French-Style Gardening Method Makes It So Easy to Grow Your Own Food for CookingA potager garden, also called a kitchen garden, is a beautifully designed garden that features a mix of vegetables and herbs you can grab as ingredients for your cooking. Here, we asked experts how to create one at home.
#Gardening#SolarPunkSunday#FoodGardens
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Tinker ☀️

Oh shit. Gonna build a lettuce wall.

Can't stop. Won't stop.

Design Goals
- Low effort / passive / automated (After initial build, only requires 30 mins of work a week to maintain)
- "Inexpensive" (measured in how quickly it pays for itself compared to shopping at grocery store)
- Small footprint for indoor spaces (uses vertical space as opposed to horizontal space)
- ADHD friendly (you dont have to keep monitoring it. Set and forget)
- Provides entire personal need of leafy greens in continuous fashion
- Provides excess of personal needs in order to continuously share freely with neighbors

(Follow this thread in the coming months to watch the buildout. I'll post design theory and application along. It'll be vendor/brand agnostic. And I'll post up methods to tailor it to your space.)

(Photo below of prototype. It works! Time to scale it.)

Photo of leaf shelf with three bins hosting 15 plants. 5 each of butterhead, goldrush, and arugula). The heads of lettuce fill the space and fall over the sides of the bins showing bounty.
#solarPunk#indoorGardening#verticalFarming
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Miss Gayle

"Eco-localists argue that globalization is authoritarian by nature: increasingly, multinational corporations rule the world. Individuals and communities are powerless by comparison."

Or are we? Maybe the only winning move is not to play - to instead embrace relocalization and degrowth, not more and more surrender to predatory capitalism and profiteering off our food and other necessities of life.

Link: resilience.org/stories/2025-04

How Eco-Localism Differs from Tariff Terrorism Richard Heinberg, originally published by Resilience.org April 17, 2025 As soaring consumer prices, supply chain disruptions, and reductions in government-provided funding and services threaten communities, localists can help bolster local markets and inspire mutual aid efforts, helping mobilize folks to take more responsibility for their own collective resilience and well-being. Side by side images of a farmer's market on the left, vs an industrial silo pouring items into a train car, c/o Adobe Stock. "society and nature are losers when globalization worsens inequality while speeding up depletion and pollution. Global economic inequality declined during some decades of the 20th century, but it did so mainly because of the Great Depression and two World Wars. Otherwise, the last century saw a relentlessly widening gap between rich and poor—a trend that has accelerated in the past two decades, not just in the US, but in China, India, and elsewhere. Indigenous cultures in less-industrialized nations are hardest hit, as globalization uproots people from traditional village life, thrusting them into cities and factories. Meanwhile, forests disappear, carbon accumulates in the atmosphere, wild creatures vanish, and floods and fires devastate more communities."
#Community#Sustainability#Localization
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