Hello. Maybe suggesting (or doing) actual testing of the water, soil and plants would be the way to proceed. There are many challenges to be met in setting up an urban agriculture project. It is perfectly natural to suggest soil tests as a routine part of the process. (It's a routine part of the process here in Detroit.) Obviously, water sources must be considered as well. Is there any possibility of installing rain collection systems that would be adequate? By introducing these as routine issues to be considered, one might be able to avoid giving insult while still identifying potential problems. I'd be interested to know the degree to which rural agriculture is irrigated by water from polluted sources as well. Good luck,Judy from Detroit
> Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 20:09:31 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Community_garden] Seek Thoughts re Delhi Urban Agriculture > Irrigation From Polluting River > > Dear All, > > I am planning on meeting a number of people interested in urban agriculture > and aquaponics in several Indian cities during June through the State > Department's > American Speakers Program. I have asked to be connected with "urban > agrarians" > prior to the trip, one of whom, Govind Singh, Director of Delhi Greens(h > ttp://delhigreens.org <http://delhigreens.org/>) sent me this note which I > hope some of you might provide some ideas or people to contact to address: > > Here are some urban farms near Delhi: > > http://wikimapia.org/#lat=28.7122697&lon=77.2242308&z=16&l=0&m=b > > http://wikimapia.org/#lat=28.7000365&lon=77.2302175&z=16&l=0&m=b > > *Now, while this looks fine from the satellite view, the situation is very > different on the ground. The case that we must present in the presentation > is that the existing urban agriculture is polluting and is also a hazard to > people's health. This is because the urban farming I just showed you is > irrigated by water from the river just next to it, which is laden with > toxins and is highly polluted.* > > Sincerely, > > Godsil > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20110519/1a6d2e63/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's > services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out > how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20110520/43827daf/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
