I’m always amused by the demographics of Trader Joe’s shoppers, as illustrated in the stores’ (always crowded) parking lots. One doesn’t find pick-up trucks with gun racks, but one does find Priuses and other smallish high-mileage cars with life-affirming bumper …
The Demographics of Trader Joe’s Shoppers: Pretty Consistent Read More »
There are many components to the cost of growing food and shipping it to its final destination – a surprisingly large part of which is energy. Moving water around the state of California uses 18 percent of all the electricity …
Here is the archived webinar from April 2012, in which I interview Rafael Quesada, CEO of Tower Harvest, on the subject of aeroponics. The company offers a low-cost way of growing organic produce in urban areas and other “food deserts.” …
Here’s a local newscast on aeroponics, featuring Doug Jacobs, Rafael Quezada’s business partner at Tower Harvest. The segment did a good job at getting at some of the key benefits: organic growing, eco-friendliness, locally grown, and bringing high quality food …
Yesterday’s webinar on aeroponics went very well. Unless I’m mistaken, every single one of the participants wrote in at least one question in the course of the hour-long dialog between my guest Rafael Quezada and me. There were so many, …
