(Newswire.net — March 29, 2013) Lahaina, HI — “Forget ‘prepping.’ You don’t have to believe the end of the world is just around the corner to jump on the freedom train of growing your own tasty hydroponic carrots in a bucket,” says author Bob Smith.
“Living sustainably is not just a passing fad but a core humanitarian value and its a sound strategy to vote with your actions and make the statement that you are part of the solution, not part of the problem of resource over-consumption.”
Smith explains that after years and years of experimentation with exotic hydroponic systems there arose the thought, “Hey, I can probably just grab that bucket and tweak it into a lean, mean carrot-growing machine.”
Hydroponics has come a long way, mostly due to the explosion of the hydroponic marijuana growing business. Smith advocates riding the bandwagon of improved technology and availability of hydroponic system supplies to a new level of independence not available to those whom he explains are “Dependent on the Grocery Fairy to bring their produce to the local chain supermarket or superstore.”
A “How-to” book needs to do exactly that, show you how-to. That is exactly what Smith delivers in this short but sweet backyard hackers manual to independence.
“Food miles. Have you ever thought about ‘food miles?’ Most people don’t, do they? But food miles refers to the distance your food has to travel to your dinner table. For most of the United States of America that figure is approximately 1513 miles. Just think about that for a while. That guy stooped over in a field somewhere about 1500 miles away, produce warehouses, the amazing system of hard-working truckers, the commercial industrial food production and distribution system. It is easy to conclude that shipping all food an average of 1500 miles is completely stupid and crazy and can’t possibly continue using up energy and resources very much longer at the rate we are using them.”
“How To Grow Hydroponic Carrots in a Bucket may seem banal or silly. But just imagine how important the food system would be if you were living on the moon and you will suddenly realize that is exactly what we are doing, living on a finite planet with finite resources but we are pretending we can keep extracting those resources at an exponential rate as if it weren’t as mathematically impossible as it is.”
Sage advice? Prophetic vision? Smith seems to have tapped into the core concepts that govern the fundamentals of civilization and clearly enjoys sharing this wealth of knowledge for the benefit of all.
AMAZON.COM- How to Grow Hydroponic Carrots in a Bucket: http://www.amazon.com/Grow-Hydroponic-Carrots-Bucket-ebook/dp/B0088ENPPM/
YouTube- How To Grow Hydroponic Carrots: http://youtu.be/150iRWGvlr4
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