They all wished us "season's greetings" as if the seasons could greet you. Outdoor decorations included snowmen, reindeer, angels, Santa Claus, trees, wreaths and teddy bears. No store included a Baby Jesus.
It's one more time we are celebrating the birth of Jesus but there is no space for Him. Birthday invitations have gone out to all to come celebrate His birthday but Jesus was not invited to the party.
A Merry and Blessed Christmas to all, and remember to "Keep Christ in Christmas."
Dorothy E. Dunn
EDISON
In the Nov. 16 article "Fresh Produce grown at a grocery store near you," Nicholas Polanin does an excellent job of highlighting hydroponics, an innovative method of farming that can greatly improve the accessibility of healthy, fresh food. The benefits of this and other similar closed-loop farming systems are even broader and more significant.
Farms that use continually recycled water instead of soil as a basis to cultivate food are known as recirculating farms - for their main feature - the water is constantly being filtered, reused and recirculated throughout the farm. Since the water is naturally cleaned and recycled, less water is needed to grow food than many other farming methods require. A well-designed farm can replace just 1 percent of its water daily, simply to compensate for waste removal and evaporation.
Recirculating farms can also grow fish (aquaculture) or a combination of both plants and fish (aquaponics.) Through aquaponics, a symbiotic relationship is created between the fish and plants that are grown together in one system. The plants "filter" the water to be reused in the fish tanks by absorbing nutrients left behind. (To learn more , see our photo gallery and video of a recirculating aquaponic farm.)
