Posted by on Sep 15, 2010 in On the horizon, Urbanist Farms is looking to start a venture that would establish a large aquaponic CSA program offering weekly boxes of fresh produce and fish. We’re presently looking for funding to make that goal, and a handful of other large-scale projects, a reality. For now, in addition to consulting and building aquaponics systems, we plan soon to sell plant starts and produce at farmers’ markets and a limited amount of microgreens through direct-sale relationships. Every week is better than the last.

We are very optimistic about the future of aquaponics and its ability to help feed our growing population sustainably. Actually, I have two friends who are Afghani Pashtun doctors. Smart guys, and really nice and fun too. Much less warlike than the folks I grew up with in Texas.The problem with Afghanistan is not that Pashtuns have some genetic inability to live peaceful, civilized lives. It's that Afghanistan is a landlocked country with no trade routes, poor neighbors, sky-high birth rates, ethnic disunity, constant warfare, etc.Just another case when explaining nation-level phenomena in terms of ethnic group characteristics is a waste of time.

Celebrity Creps Endorsements for Millennials - Effective? 'I come to your team and I f**k s**t up, I'm David Moyes!' Stormzy, 'Know Me From' So said Michael Omari, AKA 'Big Mike', AKA Stormzy in his gruff, grime-istic challenge 'Know Me From'. He was rapping about challenging a errrr.challenger of course. When it comes to bringing value to a new team, he is certainly not f***ing up anything for Adidas! The grime star is another example of Adidas making a very shrewd sponsorship move with a music artist to popularise their trainers.

Following in the blockbuster footsteps of Run DMC and Kanyeezy The Madman (AKA Yeezy, AKA, Kanyashian The Rapper, AKA Kanye West!). In the UK market in particular, Stormzy's popularity is rising commercially and in the street fam. He's just had his debut album hit the UK number one album spot (March 2017).

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Adidas associating with Stormzy,, Nike associating with Stormzy's fellow UK grime titan, Skeppy Skep, AKA Skepta (Mercury Prize winner, 2016) is a way to connect with the huge demographic of trainer lovers - the sought after millennials. Grime artists speak millennials language (literally in some cases), look like them and dress like them.

The most popular artists are influencers and can bring some lustre and sales boosts to a brands' product range. Using celebrities with millennial appeal definitely works. For example, Gigi Hadid (girlfriend of ex 1 Direction's Zayn) is a Tommy Hilfiger model. In a first 'see-now, buy-now' show with Hadid last September, the show's digital channels racked up 200m social-media impressions and prompted a 900% jump in traffic to his website — 70% of which came from first-time visitors. Hilfiger’s business not only gained a new audience but a new relevance; and all those eyeballs translated into sales.