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Variety is intrinsic to Tracey Liskey’s agricultural operations and the use of geothermal water at Liskey Farms. In past decades, the 190 – 200°F water was used to soften cull potatoes which were fed to cattle. The softening, Tracey explains, “eliminated the choke problem.” Currently, the water is used for space heating, aquaculture pond heating, biodiesel production and greenhouse heating. The greenhouses, divided into two areas, are leased to two different companies; Fresh Green Organics, a community supported agriculture (CSA) organization that grows a plethora of produce, and Biotactics, a bio-controls company that raises spider mites and predator mites. This mite operation, (I have nick-named it “entomoloculture”), consists of harvesting the eggs of the spider mites, feeding the eggs to predator mites and then using predator mites in place of pesticides

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