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Re:The U.S. corn belt has lost a third of its topsoil by FooHentai on Thursday April 15, 2021 @06:05PM (#26826734)
I don't believe that's accurate. The main issue or limitation of hydroponics/aquaponics is that many types of vegetables cannot be grown via the method. It's suited to leafy greens and not, for example, root vegetables.
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Re:The U.S. corn belt has lost a third of its topsoil by FredPret on Thursday April 15, 2021 @06:08PM (#26826773)
I googled "hydroponic potatoes" and I kid you not, the first words in the results were "Potatoes are one of the easiest crops to grow with a hydroponics system".

I've also had grown and eaten hydroponic potatoes myself and they were great.

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Re:The U.S. corn belt has lost a third of its topsoil by FooHentai on Friday April 16, 2021 @03:09AM (#26830549)
Huh, my knowledge is outta date. Thanks for correcting!
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