Poem: "Marching Papers and Plowshares"

[ysabetwordsmith]

Based on an audience poll, this is the free epic for the February 2, 2016 Poetry Fishbowl meeting its $200 goal. It came out of the January 5, 2016 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from LJ user Rhodielady_47 and also fills the "against all odds" square in my 1-4-16 card for the

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[siliconshaman]

I wonder if anyone's going to introduce aqua-culture? If they're doing hydroponic farming, then introducing things like freshwater shrimp and small fish would be relativity simple and increase their protein supply considerably, without squicking people out.

Although vermiculture does close the nutrient loop as well, so that's good.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I wonder if anyone's going to introduce aqua-culture? If they're doing hydroponic farming, then introducing things like freshwater shrimp and small fish would be relativity simple and increase their protein supply considerably, without squicking people out. <<

That is a possible. Well-designed aquaculture closes the loop too. Oysters or mussels are excellent for cleaning water, although if you're using them primarily for filtration then you don't want to eat them. Challenges would include getting enough water -- comets are their closest source, and processing those is tedious -- and the live critters.

>>Although vermiculture does close the nutrient loop as well, so that's good.<<

Yep, worms are useful in many ways.