Tag: Agriculture - Page 13
-
Florida Senator Again Tries To Make Photographing Farms Illegal
That existing trespassing laws already cover trespassing on private property to take a photo apparently is beside the point to state senator Jim Norman.
-
Kraft Foods Studies and Publishes Its Total Environmental Footprint
The company says World Wildlife Fund and the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment reviewed and analyzed the results, which shouldn't come as a huge shock.
-
Land Grabs Threaten World's Poor Even More Than Previously Thought, New Report Shows
Of land deals totalling 71 million hectares, 22% was for mining, tourism, industry and forestry, and most of the rest was for biofuels.
-
Milking Backyard Goats in Urban San Francisco (Video)
Backyard chickens are already mainstream. Does goat farming come next?
-
Building a Truly Local Food Economy Through Strategic Thinking (Video)
Some UK activists asked whether their town could feed itself. It turns out it could, with a little systems thinking.
-
Kid Builds Working Farm Equipment Made from LEGOs
Wow! Warren Seely is a mechanical genius. Not only does he build fully-functional replicas of actual farm equipment, by the age of 6 he had already rebuilt his first tractor engine.
-
Indian State of Sikkim One-Third Of Way To Being Entirely Organic
Sikkim plans on having all its farms go organic by 2015. Since announcing the program a year ago, one-third of its agriculture has been certified organic.
-
Genetically Engineered Safety Act: The New Food Safety Bill?
The Genetically Engineered Safety Act is intended to prevent the biological contamination of our food supply.
-
Into Food, Sustainability and Making Videos? Enter the Perennial Plate Video Contest
The Perennial Plate produces some of the best online videos about local food and sustainability that are out there. Now, they say, it's your turn to make your own.
-
What Our Sugar & Ethanol Habits Are Doing to Central American Workers
Kidney failure is killing sugarcane workers in Central America who supply sugar for both our sweet tooth and demand for ethanol.
-
NH2: New Holland Unveils a 'Farm Ready' Hydrogen Fuel Cell Tractor
Thanks to on-site production of hydrogen, this fuel cell tractor could make farming greener, but at what cost?
-
Do We Need a LEED-Type Certification System for Sustainable Food Production?
In a 5-point-plan to feed the world, one researcher calls for a LEED-type certification scheme to green the whole food system. But is it viable?
-
2000 Year Old Food Forest Feeds 800 Farmers (Video)
In the deserts of Morocco, a 2000-year-old food forest provides food security for 800 farming families. This is the true meaning of oasis.
-
Organic Certification On The Chopping Block In Mississippi
Mississippi will no longer be a certifying agent for farms in the state.
-
Cross-Breeding Education, Agriculture, and Stem-Cell Therapy
Trying to decide whether to help save a university farm that teaches the farmers of tomorrow, and engages in stem-cell research on sheep: what's a TreeHugger to do?
-
Solving Climate Change With Agriculture: Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa Launches at COP17
Agro-ecology can provide a solution for global hunger and poverty, climate change, threats to biodiversity, and soil health.
-
Urban Agriculture As Economic Stimulus: Help Grow a People-Funded Farm (Video)
Community farming is not altruistic do-gooding. This NC collective argues it's about rethinking our entire food system.
-
Is This Humane Slaughter? A Backstreet Halal Butcher in Queens Talks Ethics (Video)
Animal slaughter is always contentious. Video of a halal slaughterhouse owner discussing humane treatment is likely to stir up debate.
