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Re:Arduino-based, urban aquaponics in Oakland by motters on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @04:32AM (#4692146)
To build smart agriculture systems I think more needs to be known about the food chain. If you had a large inventory of the inputs and outputs for each organism then it would be possible to design miniature ecosystems which work cooperatively and minimize waste - like the fish and plants idea - while also producing whatever type of produce you want.
Re:Arduino-based, urban aquaponics in Oakland by LaRakel on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @05:27AM (#4692249)
Yeah, that's the basic idea behind both permaculture and aquaponics: Build a tiny ecosystem that can sustain itself with as little input as possible (and like all agriculture, obviously with useful output like food as well).