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Article: Farm boy returns to roots: Berries thrive sans dirt in hydroponics project.
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- Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO)
- Article date:
- August 24, 2006
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Byline: Kevin Coleman
Aug. 24--Once Charlie Deimeke mustered the courage to talk with his wife, it was downhill the rest of the way. "How do you tell your wife that you want to quit your job to raise strawberries in flowerpots?" he said. In February, propane deliveryman Deimeke saw an article in Rural Missouri magazine about hydroponics, an ancient method used by Egyptians, Babylonians and Romans to grow plants without soil. The U.S. Air Force grew food on non-arable Pacific islands during World War II using hydroponics, and the method became popular 50 years ago in Europe. Deimeke said he picked his moment carefully and then pulled the folded article ...