Field Trip to ECHO May 30

On this field trip to ECHO it was very interesting to see the different types of irrigation and ways to grow the plants we had seen that day. There was as lot of cool stuff that they use at ECHO that is very beneficial to the world. They showed us ways to irrigate crops in places with very little water, ways to use natural gas grills using cow manure, seeds to sterilize water, and even crops that will grow essentially anywhere.
During the field trip there were a couple of things that stood out to me. One happened to be the moringa plant, also known as the miracle seed. This seed happens to purify water, which is very beneficial to areas with poor water conditions. It is also edible and contains a very large amount of vitamins and even contains more vitamin C than oranges pound for pound.
Another thing that also stood out to me was the irrigation system they used for the rice fields. Instead of a modern rice field where they clump the seeds very close together in groups of three and flood the field ECHO came up with a new technique in which they use one seed and space them out and they even use less water and don;t have to flood the field. They have tested this technique and the results have shown that this technique creates even more rice than the technique that is now being used very widely.
Also another cool thing was the tilapia pond. It was cool to know that these fish can live in ponds with very low oxygen levels. This is very useful for villages located in areas where there may be a very small pond with little oxygen and it will give them a food source with a large amount of vitamins.
Also the bunnies that are raised at ECHo can be very beneficial for a village as well. While bunnies don't require much food or water since they are so small they can populate an area very quickly. This means that the village can have a good source of protein and use the skin and other parts of the bunny for other uses. Also bunnies feces can be used for a good manure to help grow crops.