I keep reading about how it will become increasingly difficult to grow coffee in the future, due to that controversial phenomenon that shall not be named. Now Chipotle Mexican Grill is considering dropping guacamole for the same reason.
Has anyone dabbled in hydroponics stocks or stocks related to food grown in carefully controlled climates? Are there any such stocks?
It's a depressing thought, I know. I'm just thinking about it.
Hydroponics? (VP)
Moderator: Global Moderator
-
MachineGhost
- Executive Member
- Posts: 10054
- Joined: Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:31 am
Re: Hydroponics? (VP)
What the hell are you talking about?
"All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called 'Facts'. They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain." -- Thomas Hobbes
Disclaimer: I am not a broker, dealer, investment advisor, physician, theologian or prophet. I should not be considered as legally permitted to render such advice!
Disclaimer: I am not a broker, dealer, investment advisor, physician, theologian or prophet. I should not be considered as legally permitted to render such advice!
Re: Hydroponics? (VP)
I assume stories like this: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/ ... -vastatrixMachineGhost wrote: What the hell are you talking about?
-
Austen Heller
- Executive Member
- Posts: 154
- Joined: Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:58 pm
Re: Hydroponics? (VP)
I agree with the OP, the world is going to need more hydroponic food production, with more mouths to feed and less usable fresh water as time goes on. Can't we just fertilize the plants with Brawndo?
I would think that by the time it gets to the point where we NEED to be more reliant upon hydroponics, the big boys (like Monsanto) will have already switched their operational plans over to the new technology.
In the meantime, looks like there are only minor players at work right now, most of the stocks of hydro companies are penny stocks on the pink sheets.
The burgeoning marijuana legalization movement however, may provide more immediate demand for the hydro stuff, as more states come on board.
http://www.thcbiz.com/marijuana-stocks.html
I would think that by the time it gets to the point where we NEED to be more reliant upon hydroponics, the big boys (like Monsanto) will have already switched their operational plans over to the new technology.
In the meantime, looks like there are only minor players at work right now, most of the stocks of hydro companies are penny stocks on the pink sheets.
The burgeoning marijuana legalization movement however, may provide more immediate demand for the hydro stuff, as more states come on board.
http://www.thcbiz.com/marijuana-stocks.html
-
dualstow
- Executive Member
- Posts: 15316
- Joined: Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:18 am
- Location: searching for the lost Xanadu
- Contact:
Re: Hydroponics? (VP)
Thank for the replies -- for the latter two anyway. 
[quote=Austen]The burgeoning marijuana legalization movement however, may provide more immediate demand for the hydro stuff, as more states come on board.[/quote]
Doesn't weed grow anywhere, though? I mean, it's robust and hardy, and now that it can be grown legally (with restrictions) and thus out in the open, I think it may be found in fields with poor soil and not just growhouses in the near future. The plants that I mentioned in post 1, however, are temperamental.
[quote=Austen]The burgeoning marijuana legalization movement however, may provide more immediate demand for the hydro stuff, as more states come on board.[/quote]
Doesn't weed grow anywhere, though? I mean, it's robust and hardy, and now that it can be grown legally (with restrictions) and thus out in the open, I think it may be found in fields with poor soil and not just growhouses in the near future. The plants that I mentioned in post 1, however, are temperamental.