Sustainable Agriculture 永續農業
When we eventually move to space, there will be certain resources that will not be so easy to restock or find. In order to keep ourselves alive, we will need to implement an agricultural system that does not require constant replenishment of nutrients. This semester, we explored a few different kinds of farming, including hydroponics, non-fertilizer farming, and worm-assisted composted farming. The results were interesting to see, and gave us a new appreciation for the hard work that both farmers and Mother Nature does.
當我們最終搬到太空時，某些資源將不會那麼容易補充或找到。 為了讓自己活下去，我們需要實施一個不需要不斷補充營養的農業系統。 本學期，我們探索了幾種不同的農業，包括水培法、非肥料農業和蠕蟲輔助堆肥農業。 結果很有趣，讓我們對農民和大自然母親所做的辛勤工作有了新的認識。
Hydroponics 水培法
One method of self-sustaining agriculture may not use soil at all, but simply nutrient rich liquid. The students learned about hydroponics and constructed a simple mechanism which circulates liquid and continually replenishes nutrients to the plants being grown.
一種自我維持農業的方法可能根本不使用土壤，而只是使用營養豐富的液體。學生們了解了水培法，並構建了一個簡單的機制，使液體循環並不斷為正在生長的植物補充營養。
Essay about Self-sustaining Agriculture 關於天然堆肥的寫作
When humans eventually start living on alien planets, the issue of sustainability will continue to be a large one, not only because we wish to avoid many of the mistakes that we are making now with regards to resources, but also because it will be difficult to acquisition additional resources to the new location. That means that everything we do will need to be performed in a self-sustaining loop. This includes agriculture. We spoke with Dr. Lin of DoIt regarding the interaction of vegetation, soil, decomposers, and nutrients. Dr. Lin is championing a form of agriculture that makes use of one of nature’s greatest scavengers, worms. With the help of these decomposers, a self-sustained loop that includes our food waste can be utilized to farm without the use of fertilizers or pesticides. The knowledge that the students gained is mentioned here in some essays and utilized elsewhere in another of our learning activities.
當人類最終開始生活在外星球上時，可持續性問題將繼續成為一個大問題，不僅因為我們希望避免我們現在在資源方面犯的許多錯誤，而且因為很難 獲取新位置的額外資源。 這意味著我們所做的一切都需要在一個自我維持的循環中執行。 這包括農業。 我們與都市蚓農 （DoIt） 的 林博士就植被、土壤、分解者和養分的相互作用進行了交談。 林博士正在倡導一種利用自然界最大的清道夫蠕蟲的農業形式。 在這些分解者的幫助下，可以利用包括我們的食物垃圾在內的自我維持循環進行農業，而無需使用化肥或殺蟲劑。 學生獲得的知識在一些文章中被提及，並在我們的另一個學習活動中被利用。
Composting Records 堆肥記錄
The class experimented with agricultural efficiency and effectiveness by keeping and feeding our worms. The students kept records of the progress and observed how the vegetation reacted when our worms were fed differently. This experiment was unfortunately cut short by covid, be the experience gained will allow us to continue this activity in earnest at the next possible opportunity.
班級通過飼養和餵養我們的蠕蟲來試驗農業效率和有效性。 學生們記錄了進展情況，並觀察了當我們的蠕蟲以不同的方式餵食時植被的反應。 不幸的是，這項實驗被 covid 打斷了，所獲得的經驗將使我們能夠在下一次可能的機會中認真地繼續這項活動。
