A list of useful lings about food production statistics.

TOMATO WORLD PRODUCTION STATISTICS

Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) is the second most important vegetable crop next to potato. Present world production is about 100 million tons fresh fruit produced on 3.7 million hectares.

POTATO WORLD PRODUCTION STATISTICS

China is now the biggest potato producer, and almost a third of all potatoes is harvested in China and India.

November 9, 2011

I am looking at growing vegetables indoors during the winter months. This will be completely new territory for me, and I expect it to be fun as well. I plan on an Aeroponic Home Brew Growing kit like this one below.

Wasteland by Frederick Kaufman

New York City sewage treatment may seem to be an unlikely subject of interest, yet Frederick Kaufman tells the tale well, in a conversational, and entertaining way. With as much as 160 million gallons of peak flow, it takes a interesting and complex journey.

“A bear goes in the woods and it takes two years to decompose. We do it in six hours. In six hours, we imitate all of nature—from the big bang to the big chill. We’re trying to put it back the way that God intended.”

The genius of SolaRoof (More Details )

SolaRoof is a greenhouse roofing concept that provides shading in extreme heat, and insulates at night by filling a space in the roof with bubbles. Easily generated, and easily removed to allow advanced climate control. Adding thermal heat collection using a thin water layer can further capitalize on energy conservation/storage. An open source technology, the inventor Richard Nelson encourages a pay-it-forward concept .