Tiny Houses

I just came across this link of a slideshow of Tumbleweed Houses. For those of you that don’t know about Tumbleweed Houses, they are basically tiny houses that are designed to be very space efficient. Some of them can even be built on a flatbed trailer that can be...

The Basics of Aquaponics

I provide many tours of our greenhouse campus explaining the science behind aquaponics, which is a difficult concept to comprehend at times. I’ve realized that most people haven’t heard of aquaponics and don’t understand the details associated with this system...

Motivation and Action

I have been thinking a lot recently about how to motivate people. From family and friends to employees to strangers — it’s really quite difficult to motivate people to take action. It is so easy discuss what is wrong with the world or ourselves, but it is much...

Visit to the State Hatchery

Earlier this month, a group of us went to the Bellevue-Watson Hatchery to take a tour of their operations. The hatchery is one of the Colorado Division of Wildlife facilities located a little north of Fort Collins, CO. They operate two separate facilities: one is a...

Robots in Agriculture – How Cool!

One of our members of our new Nourish the Planet Membership Community sent me a link recently about a great entrepreneur who has developed robotics for agriculture. This entrepreneur totally embodies what we are trying to do at Nourish the Planet. This little company...