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Peggy Bradley


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Peggy Bradley has a Masters degree in Civil Engineering. She works in the field of hydroponics and specializes in using the technology of growing plants to help humans reduce their impact on the earth. She has designed several experimental integrated systems using animals and plants in hydroponics culture.

 

Current Position:

Executive Director  Institute for Simplified Hydroponics an International NGO a 501-C-3 non profit corporation based in the United States.

Skills:

Developed and operates organic and inorganic simplified hydroponic systems.

Owner of Bradley Hydroponics a design consultancy formed in 1982 to provide practical technical advice to commercial and home hydroponic growers.

Experience in design, implementation and reporting scientific trials in hydroponic culture

Experience with plant disorder identification and their biological or physical control.

Experience in advising existing and potential commercial growers on system design, crops and cultivars, nutrients and water analysis plus the day to day running of a hydroponic operation.

Assisted in establishing several simplified hydroponic projects in areas of poverty and hunger including the Philippines, Zimbabwe, Mexico, areas of poverty in the US and Israel.

Scientific research for growers, companies and manufacturers who require products or systems to be tested as well as an international consultancy service.

Author of books on simplified hydroponic culture, and over 18 magazine articles, both popular and scientific. Also produced videos and CDROMs on Urban Agriculture and hydroponics.

 

Education:

1990 - BS Degree in Computer Science at Oregon State University

1991 BS degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering Oregon State University.

1994 - Masters in Civil Engineering at Oregon State University with thesis, Carbon Storage and Potential in Forests of Eastern Russia. Report included modeling the forest ecosystems to estimate total and incrementail carbon storage.

Published works:

 

Growing Hydroponic Food, Instructions for building hydroponic systems and growing food hydroponically. GHN, Corvallis, Oregon 1999


`Home Hydroponic Gardens' with coauthor Cesar Marulanda, ISH 2000.

 

Mon Jardin Potage Sans Terre Guide Practique de Culture Hydroponique in French adapted from English with author Cesar Marulanda, ISH 2001.

 

Hydroponia Simplificada in Spanish adapted from English with Cesar Marulanda, Mexico ISH, 2002

`Simplified Hydroponics to Reduce Global Hunger By Peggy Bradley and Cesar Marulanda In: Proceedings of the World Congress on Soilless Culture:Agriculture in the Coming Millenium, Acta Horticulturae No. 554. June 2001.

`Simulating Carbon Storage if forests of Eastern Russia' , Bradley, P., G. Gastion, T Kolchugina and T.S. Vinson, In: Water Air and Soil Pollution, 82/1-2 1995.

 

Gaston, G.G., P.M. Bradley, T.S. Vinson and T.P. Kolchugina; "GVI Classification of Vegetation and Landcover Regions in the Former Soviet Union as Inputs for Forest Ecosystem Modeling", Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 1996, 63 - 1, 51-58.

 

BORFOR, A Boreal Forest Growth Model A manual and pubished windows application to model carbon storage in forests, US EPA 1994.

 

USSR CARBON BUDGET, Windows modeling software to present carbon model results to US EPA and others, 1993.

` Simplified Hydroponics in Urban Agriculture Urban Agriculture Notes, City Farmer, Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture, 2000 http://www.cityfarmer.org/hydroponicsBradley.html

` Introducing Popular Hydroponic Gardens in Senegal - A U.N. consultant brings hydroponics back-yard systems, developed in Latin America, to home gardens near Dakar. Growing Edge, Jan/Feb 2000.

 

 Building by Design:Hydroponics in Developing Countries, Part 3"  by Peggy Bradley and Cesar Hernon Marulanda Tabares, Part 1 Vol 11 No.5 May/June 2000.

 

 Building by Design:Hydroponics in Developing Countries, Part 2"  by Peggy Bradley and Cesar Hern0n Marulanda Tabares, Part 2 Vol11. No 6 July/August 2000

 

Building by Design:Hydroponics in Developing Countries, Part 3" by Peggy Bradley and Cesar Hernon Marulanda Tabares Sept/Oct 2000.


` Simplified Hydroponics in Urban Agriculture Bagelhole.org, Center for low tech sustainability, http://www.bagelhole.org/article.php/Food/281/

Israel Innovation Past and Present by Peggy Bradley Growing Edge Magazine, Volume 12, Number 1, September/October 2000.

 

Mexico's Water Debt, In Press, Growing Edge Magazine, 2003.

 

Cuba's Organoponic Movement, In Press, Growing Edge Magazine, 2003.

 

Cuba's Organoponic Movement, Videotape of the organoponic process being used in Cuba 38 minutes, in Spanish with English subtites.

 

Urban Agriculture CDROM, a 500 page research CD that includes extensive articles and information on hydroponics from commercial to simplified. Includes troubleshooting articles on pests, deseases, nutrient deficiencies. 1995 with annual updates tp 2002.

 

Kits and games (commercial products)

Science Kit, commercial kit including four science experiments for students 12 and older. Featured in several magazines and received 1997 award for educational Science Materials.

 

Children's Kit a kit for teaching hydroponics to a child six year old or older. Includes a coloring book, A garden for Josie which has been translated into Spanish and english. Used in many child development programs and homeless children facilities.

 

Home Garden Kit two versions one for vegetables for the home and one for a small commercial garden for home income. Includes book Home hydroponic gardens and is avaiable in spanish french and english.

 

Hydroponica game a game to teach simplified hydroponic culture, translated into Spanish and english and being test marketed in four countries.

 

Also commercial kits for greenhouse, culinary herb, medicinal herb and garden salad.

 

Several commercial consultings for small scale systems for home use.

 

Articles about Peggy

National Teacher Enhancement Project, Teaching Example Pam Urso, Ridge Elementary School, New

 

Thriving on a Survival Garden by Elaine Jefferson, The Growing Edge, Corvallis Oregon Vol 10 Number 6 July/August 1999.

 

Northwest Heros, In AirWest Magazine, August 2000.

 

The Home Garden kit in Focus Magazine, Italy, In Press.


Recent Presentations:

Hydroponics in the Classroom, National Science Musuems Conference OMSI, 1996. Presentation included the hydroponics lab for children tour.

 

Future Farmers of America 1999 National Conference, Hydroponics in Agricultural Education, demonstartion of hydroponic aquaculture systems.

 

Simplified Hydroponics as an answer to Mexican Poverty, The Asociacion Hidroponica Mexicana (AHM) First Annual Congress,  May, 1999.

 

Simplified Hydroponics to Reduce Global Hunger, International Conference on Soilless Culture, Maale Hach'misha, Israel, May 14 -18 2000.

 

Presented educational curriculum for high school students at the HMA (Hydroponics Merchants Association) conference in Vancouver., 2000

 

A shelter for refugees that grows its own food, The Asociacion Hidroponica Mexicana (AHM) Second Congress on Hydroponics, April 2000

Simplified Hydroponics to End Hunger, Hydroponic Society of America, August 2001, Los Angeles.

 

The new International Trianing Center for Simplified Hydroponics and Fertigation in Mexico, Hydroponic Mercants Association Meeting, July 2002 Las Vegas

 

Simplified Hydroponics to unite small communities, American Sociologists Association Convention, Los Angeles, 2001.

Work experience
1982 ongoing Bradley Hydroponics in consulting and established a commercial product line of kits for learning hydroponics

 

1989-1990 Technical Support for Microsoft Corporation in Redmond Washington to assist in setting up the technical support online database

1991-1995 Technical and computer support for US EPA. Corvallis Research Station. Assisted scientific reports on global warming and forestry issues

1995 - current time Executive Director of International Institute of Simplified Hydroponics Corvallis, Oregon.

 

Selected projects in Commercial applications

1990 Designed a biosphere home for the Nevada region. Rising Sun uses solar energy to heat and power the home and raises its own food in a hydroponic greenhouse and enclosed fish pond. This was first designed home to use a composting toilet for part of the home heating.

 

1992 Designed a 16 by 24 greenhouse to produce adequate vegetables year round for a family of four in a temperate climate. Bivalvia plans now sold internationally and available on CDROM.

 

1994 Designed Research Hydroponic Greenhouse for Africa University in Zimbabwe, also established the curriculum for a four year study program and participated in the growing protocols of organic hydroponic nutrients for local villages.

 

1995 Hydroponic Chicken Coop for Natures Harmony a Japanese Natural Foods Distributor and Dr. Matsu Matsumota, Animal Science Dept Oregon State University. This project was nominated in 1996 for the Japanese National Science Award, a half million dollar annual award.

1996 Oregon Museum of Science and Industry A hydroponics lab for children in their new building in Portland Oregon. With funds from several donars established an internal lab for children using hydroponics and integrated hydroponics and fish culture. Remaining until 2000 this exhibit received about 500,000 visitors a year.

 

1996 Website http://www.carbon.org/ established and projects of the ISH were described on the website. This site now supports 14 projects worldwide and three country ISH centers.

 

1999 Hydroponic Homeless Shelter designed in response to earthquake in Armenia Colombia where 50,000 people were left homeless. The design is online and used in several university courses as an example of integrated low technology.

 

2000 Scientific experiments with DuPont Corporation in germination and grow out properties of a commercial fiber designed for hydroponic culture

 

2001-2003 Established the International Institute of Simplified Hydroponics Training Center in Tehuacan, Puebla Mexico. A 256 square foot building was revitalized and 3000 m2 demonstration gardens established in the city. Funds of over $100,000 were raised for the project, educational tools were translated and printed into Spanish. Classes for students started from Mexico and Latin America.

 

Prizes, awards:

Delegate for Tri Cities campaign of the Sister Cities International Lead deligation from Portland Oregon Sapporo Japan and Mutuare Zimbabwe on the three country tour to share enironmental solutions

Best Product award for the International Science and Technology Group in Portland Oregon

One of 83 people nominated Japan Institute of Technology Environmental Award, an annual half million dollar prize for Hydroponic Chicken Coop.

Zenith Masters of Innovation Award, 1993. USSR Carbon Budget, a $10,000 prize awarded to OSU in the form of computer hardware.

Giraffe Award for sticking one's neck out Giraffe Project since 1996

Tau Beta Phi National Engineering Honor Society elected 1992 held post of Vice President and worked with Linus Pauling to establish engineering award at OSU.

 

Articles in Max Yield by Peggy Bradley.

Progress is sweet - about sweet potato Maximum Yield March 13, 2017.

Sweet on Stevia Maximum Yield magazine July 6, 2018.

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