Tag: Agriculture - Page 7
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A Refugee Farmer Brings Goat Meat to Kentucky
A Burundian native is pioneering urban goat farming in Louisville. Will it catch on among the locals?
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Breadfruit Trees are 'Trees That Feed' and Create Jobs in Jamaica
Breadfruit trees planted by Trees That Feed Foundation are creating food systems and jobs in Jamaica.
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Meat Consumption in China Now Double That in the United States
China’s annual meat consumption of 71 million tons is more than double that in the United States.
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These 5 Self-Watering Planters Make Vegetable Gardening Easy
Eliminate the guesswork of when to water your container garden with these five examples of self-watering planters
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Wineries For Climate Protection – the Manifesto!
Here's the manifesto by the Spanish wine industry to fight climate change by making wineries more eco-friendly. Vines are very sensitive to climate change and so their environment, landscape, culture and tradition need protecting.
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Outlaw Chicken Keepers Keep the Faith in Nashville
Backyard chickens may be trendy, but in some cities they are still illegal. But that doesn't stop some would-be chicken keepers.
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Farms Use 60 Times More Land Than Cities: It's Time to Develop Terraculture
Agriculture has become the single largest driver of climate change. It's time to start farming for the whole planet.
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With "Roundup Ready PLUS" Monsanto Capitalizes on the Superweeds It Created
For Monsanto, superweeds are just another selling point for its products.
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From Environmentalism's Future to the Politics of Bread: TreeHugger Talks With Resurgence Editor Satish Kumar
"I'm optimistic that in the next 40 years we'll see a big change in consciousness. People will turn to a lifestyle that is elegant and simple, where you can live well within the means of the Earth. All of that is to come."
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Massive 100,000 s.f. Greenhouse Planned for Brooklyn Rooftop
A former Navy warehouse in Brooklyn is to become a home for the largest rooftop farm in the world.
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The $1300 Chicken Coop: Williams-Sonoma Goes Agrarian
The iconic, expensive kitchen equipment retailer is branching out into backyard gardening and farming. But it doesn't come cheap.
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Poland to Ban Monsanto’s Genetically Modified Corn
Following anti-Monsanto activism in other countries, Poland has announced plans to completely ban the growth of Monsanto’s genetically modified strain MON810.
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Honeybees Self-Medicate With Anti-Fungal Resins When Under Threat
A new study reveals just how sophisticated honeybees' self-defence mechanisms are, and casts doubt on human efforts to control them.
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Pesticides and High Fructose Corn Syrup Recreate "Classic" Colony Collapse Disorder in Experiments
The evidence keeps piling up that neonicotinoid pesticides are contributing to Colony Collapse Disorder. It turns out that high fructose corn syrup may play a part too.
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Mobile Greenhouse Runs on Waste Vegetable Oil, Teaches Kids Sustainable Practices (Interview)
A box-truck that has been converted into a mobile greenhouse is traveling across the country teaching kids about sustainable agriculture.
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Monsanto Threatens to Sue Vermont Over GMO Labeling Law
Vermont is one of nearly 20 states considering a GMO labeling requirement for food, but it won't pass if Monsanto has anything to say about it. And it does.
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How Much Do People Everywhere Hate Monsanto? New Report Shows Global Resistance
A new report illustrates the struggles against Monsanto, and the agribusiness model it embodies, being led by small-holder and organic farmers, local communities and social movements around the world.
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Urban Farming Supply Store to Open in Brooklyn
Hayseeds Big City Farm Supply store in Brooklyn, NY., will service urban farmers, and productive vegetable gardeners across NYC.
