Sunlight, healthy clean soil... and then I just added some water.
Nothing fancy, nothing hi-tech, nothing artificial here.
My wife and I run our small farm just 30 mins north of Melbourne.
Growing bits and pieces, all sizes, big and small, macro and micro.
Sunlight, not LED. Soil, not nutrient solutions. Slow, not fast.
Beyond premium quality and earth-friendly, we do not use any disposable plastic containers. All plastic packaging are returned to the farm, where they are washed and reused for the next delivery!
Hence the name Closed Loop.
We also use pots made of coconut fiber - they are 100% compostable!
Nothing fancy, nothing hi-tech, nothing artificial here.
My wife and I run our small farm just 30 mins north of Melbourne.
Growing bits and pieces, all sizes, big and small, macro and micro.
Sunlight, not LED. Soil, not nutrient solutions. Slow, not fast.
Beyond premium quality and earth-friendly, we do not use any disposable plastic containers. All plastic packaging are returned to the farm, where they are washed and reused for the next delivery!
Hence the name Closed Loop.
We also use pots made of coconut fiber - they are 100% compostable!
[news 22 Apr. '19] While other countries like Japan sort their household recyclables into at least 3 bins, we aussies chuck 'em all into the yellow one. Now even this last thing, what we do to reassure ourselves that we are still good human beings - has been taken away from us.
What do you do now folks? What do you do when your basic human right to recycle things is taken away from you?
This is a pressing issue! The system in this country has failed to cope with its own ability to generate plastic waste. As mentioned in 60 Minutes "even recycling factories are drowning in plastics!"
Think twice before you consume more plastics!
What do you do now folks? What do you do when your basic human right to recycle things is taken away from you?
This is a pressing issue! The system in this country has failed to cope with its own ability to generate plastic waste. As mentioned in 60 Minutes "even recycling factories are drowning in plastics!"
Think twice before you consume more plastics!
#60Mins exposes Australia’s unsightly recycling crisis. Most of our plastic waste ends up exported to countries like Malaysia, where it's dumped, buried or burned. Full story: https://t.co/2iJZdbWviz pic.twitter.com/xEn3WrvKVr
— 60 Minutes Australia (@60Mins) April 16, 2019
[news 22 Apr '19] Today is Earth Day 2019. While the significance of transcending into a closed global economy is increasingly recognised, how do we actually keep resources within a closed loop, not falling out and becoming wastes, is still challenging. Here at Closed Loop Farm, we demonstrate how this is possible at the scale of a small business and its supply chains. There is a better way, only if you have the will to change.
[news 10 Apr '19] We've teamed up with The University of Melbourne. As two former researchers in biological sciences, my wife and I have both seen first-handed how devastating plastic pollution can be. We are working with the School of Agriculture and Food at Melbourne University, we want to learn how small plastic particles can enter our food system at cellular levels, and how they are passed through the food chain.
[news 30 Dec '18] Our fight to reduce plastic waste: It turns out plastic wastes do break down fast in our landfills - into nano-sized plastics that linger in our soil and water!
Research groups from Melbourne University and Lund University in Sweden both observed this process.
The next important question is: are nano-plastics able to enter our food and water systems undetected?
Research groups from Melbourne University and Lund University in Sweden both observed this process.
The next important question is: are nano-plastics able to enter our food and water systems undetected?
[update 22 Dec '18] I'm back! Melbourne can now get my living herbs again. Contact me now!
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farmerted@closedloopfarm.com.au | 0404 610 371
microgreens in Melbourne
farmerted@closedloopfarm.com.au | 0404 610 371
microgreens in Melbourne