{"id":258,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","slug":"companion-farming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/?p=258","title":{"rendered":"Companion Farming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#006699\"><b>Companion Farming<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Biodynamic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.permaculturevisions.com\/\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">permaculture<\/span><\/a> farming involves restoring the soil to a balanced living condition through the use of a completely digested form of crude organic matter known as stabilized humus. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Crop rotation, correct composting and proper intercropping can all contribute to a healthier biodynamic yield. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">You&#8217;ll be startled at the difference in taste between the sweet flavor of bio-dynamically grown spinach leaves, and the ones that organic gardening produces.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The aim of <span style=\"color: rgb(0, 102, 153);\">peppering<\/span> is to inhibit the reproductive potential of any plant, insect, or animal one applies the method to. Peppering is a method of pest control that involves weeds, insects, possums, rabbits, and rats. <br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Carrots-Love-Tomatoes-Companion-Successful\/dp\/1580170277\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">companion farming<\/span><\/a> certain vegetables, flowers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BwwHpCU2zOI\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">fruits<\/span><\/a>, herbs, and fish mutually benefit each other by eliminating each others&#8217; pests and influencing the quality of each others&#8217; taste.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2018%20pics\/Aquaponicsystem.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"171\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aquaponics.com\/aquaponic-systems\/commercial-systems-3\/\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Aquaponics<\/span><\/a> is a form of agriculture that combines raising fish in tanks (recirculating aquaculture) with soilless plant culture (hydroponics).  In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cge-led.ca\/Blog\/Post\/bd9f925a-e648-e811-96ba-00237da7218e\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">aquaponics<\/span><\/a>, the nutrient-rich water from raising fish provides a natural fertilizer for the plants and the plants help to purify the water for the fish. This fresh local food is free of pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pqjHT8MFSow\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=alDqmKrBZlE\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Aquaponics<\/span><\/a> can be used to sustainably raise fresh fish and vegetables for a family, to feed a village or to generate profit in a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QR6ImTQqshI\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">commercial farming venture<\/span><\/a>, year &lsquo;round, in any climate.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2018%20pics\/Blockchaindome.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Greenhouse farming + a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G3psxs3gyf8\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Blockchain<\/span><\/a> Dome as a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YDmhhaJKHLg&#9;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Heat House<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ggs-greenhouse.com\/why-ggs\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Greenhouse<\/span><\/a> farming of produce, floriculture, cannabis, or nursery products can be much more productive than open air (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanfarming.org\/garden-images.html\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">urban<\/span><\/a>) farming, as pests, bacteria, and fungi have their optimal humidity levels for maximum crop damage. This enables better (IoT) control over:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">larger quantity of product in the same amount of space,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">humidity: reduction of pesticide and fungicide usage,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">the light sources and their specific wavelengths,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">electrical power costs by adding a heat house,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">free plant nutrients from aquaponic tanks,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">digitalization of <a href=\"https:\/\/futureofag.com\/tagged\/blockchain\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">financial<\/span><\/a> management,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">crop damage from bad weather,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">temperature all year around,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatetechwiki.org\/content\/fog-harvesting\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">clean water<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rexresearch.com\/fog\/Fog%20Harvesting.pdf\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">harvesting<\/span><\/a>,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">denser crop placement,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"?p=731\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">liveliness<\/span><\/a> of water,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">higher quality,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">faster growth.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">IoT involves affordable sensors that track soil moisture, air temperature, inputs, crop stages, yields, humidity, etc. They push data upfront, which enable instant analysis and action by software and a few people. This data can help growers react in real-time or pinpoint areas for improvement of the next crop cycle. The ensuing efficiency and yield improvements can reduce the need for chemical fertilizers, heavy machinery and GMOs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dicaL7MLooQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Aeroponics<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Long distance produce transportation leads to more preservatives and less vine-ripened foods, thus less taste and nutritional content. IoT controlled local greenhouse and vertical farming operations with 24\/7 cultivation in computer-controlled environments, using drip-irrigation technologies save 90% of the water otherwise being wasted on subsoil and roofs that reduce evaporation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"310\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pl8OlkkwRpc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfcure.name\/?p=971\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Blockchain<\/span><\/a>, the end of the wealthy middleman?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Blockchain technology mimmicks the way <a href=\"?p=637\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">DNA<\/span><\/a> stores information. The actual blockchain component, meaning a permanent and temper-proof distributed ledger to build trust between parties is only a part of the use of the technology. More interesting is what this technology allows us to do. Especially, the way it incentivises work to get done.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Assets and transactions get stored and secured cryptographically on the blockchain, mostly through computing power. Real world blockchain applications are uniquely suited to solve particular problems, and thus create value to us.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">This value gets represented in the form of a token which miners earn and convert back into real world value, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfcure.name\/?p=1003\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">crypto currency<\/span><\/a>, whose value, however, depends on a globally agreed upon value among buyers &amp; sellers, rather than a specific function that it serves. These tokens maintain or grow in value as the real world utility for the blockchain applications grows.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Potential uses for Blockchain in Farming:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Food Safety: Bringing transparency to the supply chain will allow you to identify and remove bad actors and poor processes. This ensures ideal conditions from farm to market, and we can pinpoint the source quickly in the event of a food safety outbreak. This could save time, money, and lives.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Traceability: Wherever you bought your food, you know where it came from, harvested and processed, and even who produced it. This could prevent food fraud, false labeling, and redundant middlemen.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Transaction Costs: Now companies are making headway in creating more transparent and efficient supply chains through the use of blockchain technology.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Opening New Markets: Market players that could not establish trust before for any reason (no close proximity to each other, no protocol for problems occurring, the time to develop a new relationship did not justify the value, etc.) now can do business without someone needing to broker trust (and take a margin) in the middle. Now, disadvantaged market participants can have a sort of &ldquo;seat at the table&rdquo; as well.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Logistics: Dealing with products that have a super short shelf life, in uncertain weather or other conditions, in high quantities, and with a lot of $ on the line can be a nightmare. Blockchain can simplify this aspect.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uj_RgbhJ7XM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">In an impoverished part of Africa, a particular blockchain App allows farmers perform various transactions such as hiring custom seeders and harvesters, cooperating with other farmers for bargaining power, taking their crop to market and monitoring it through the production process, and more.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">This ability to build trust with other farmers, vendors, and processors is life-changing for these farmers. They were able to triple their farm income, by<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Making collaboration possible. Many farmers were not keeping records. Thus, produce becomes impossible to track if everyone is contributing and collecting their fair share. However, using the blockchain, the farmers can pool resources without worrying about if they are getting what they are owed.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Insuring payment. By using the App, farmers can pool their small plots together to make it worth the time of a custom seeder, and they can insure payment to that custom seeder so that he or she is paid directly from the cooperative.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Capturing more value at the farm level. When they need to collect an income from their harvest, many farmers can only deal with those thst provide them immediate cash on the spot. This significantly limits the number of potential buyers. In many cases, brokers take advantage of this by offering quick cash in exchange for cheap prices. Now the App becomes a tool to collaborate, and pool resources to create channels for storage, processing, etc.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Automating the record-keeping. Efforts to get subsistence farmers to adopt record-keeping as a habit are largely unsuccessful. Using the App for transactions such as inputs, labor, and selling the harvest, the basic records are kept for the farmer, who will eventually understand the value of these records for their farm&#8217;s long term profitability.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Reducing waste. In some cases, the harvest starts to rot before reaching the market, because the farmer is waiting for a buyer who can pay cash on the spot. By collaborating with other farmers, they can immediately track their crop through the entire process with the trust that they will get paid at the end.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V6m-XlPnqxI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The Power of Regenerative Agriculture<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hCJfSYZqZ0Y\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Food Forest System<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Back to Nature&#8217;s most efficient food production<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"?p=1011\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255); \"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-small; \"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; \">read more &#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Companion Farming Biodynamic permaculture farming involves restoring the soil to a balanced living condition through the use of a completely digested form of crude organic matter known as stabilized humus. 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