Hydroponics

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Clifford 12/7

Description
Hydroponics is a technique of growing plants in water containing dissolved nutrients, without the use of soil. Since hydroponics provides a controlled environment for a plant to grow it can effectively reduce the amount of unknown variables commonly associated with plant growth. Through the use of hydroponics plants can be placed very close to one another, allowing a large amount of food to be produced in a small amount of space. It is also said that hydroponics can, in many plant species, produce more in less time. This makes hydroponics a more affordable and profitable option to the farmer. Now since hydroponics allows a larger amount of food to be produced I believe that it can potentially support a very important Christian value, to help those in need. We can use hydroponics to make food more abundant and therefore making food more available to those who don't have any. (Matthew 25: 35-40)

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Christca Dec.7th The hydroponic farming is more convenient on saving spaces, because it requires less land than the soil farming. One acre of hydroponics can yield as many as 10000 plants whereas an one acre of soil farming can only raise one third of that. Also, hydroponics allows a farmer to grow crops that might be out of season. Crop rotation is also not required, because there is no depletion of nutrients in hydroponics. A farmer can grow crops on hydroponics all year long. Another good side is that there is a less risk of seeing weeds or parasites growing in hydroponics. Lastly, it's actually better for the environment in the way that it uses 70 - 90% of less water than soil farming. On the other hand, it requires enormous amount of money have hydroponic farm. Also the hydroponics requires more maintenance then soil farming such as right pH test, light adjustments, and more severe supervision. Also hydropoinic farmers need special knowledge of the hydroponic farming because it's a lot more complicated and requires more special equippment than the soil farming. "The LORD God took the **man** and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it." Even from the beginning, it was a man's job to take care and cultivate the ground. But today's society, we even see a person blowing up the whole mountain so his wife could have a better view on the mountain. Now there is a better farming method where we can save a lot of water. Water is essential to our lives, and if there is anyway to save the nature, it's our job to take it. We shouldn't be the one destroying it.
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 * Critical Review**: **Genesis 2:15**

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 * Source**: Howard, Resh, and Raymond Bridwell. //Hydroponics//. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2010.
 * Link**: [|www.simplyhydro.com/f_a_q.htm]

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