Tag: Farming
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3 Eco-Friendly Weed Killers While We Wait for the Weed-Killing Lasers
Got weeds? Three ways to kill weeds naturally with household items.
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Urban Food Jungle from AECOM Offers Towers of Pineapples and More
Design proposes "bringing together sustainable food production, entertainment, education and culinary delight."
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Help Kickstart Bitponics: the Siri of Hydroponic Growing
Bitponics promises to take the guesswork out of hydroponic growing and make it accessible to us all.
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The Secrets of Tasty Tomatoes Discovered - Can Commercial Tomato Flavor be Fixed?
How to grow tastier tomatoes and how to make food taste sweeter without sugar: just two amazing discoveries from a study of the chemical interactions underlying tomato flavor preferences
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Test Your Potting Soil Quality Before Planting Your Container Garden
Not all potting soil mixes are created equal. Conduct this simple test to see how it drains and retains water.
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Star Wars on Weeds: Could Lasers Replace Herbicides?
Toxic chemicals kill unwanted weeds, but at a cost. Labor intensive organic methods won't be adopted by industrial farms. Could lasers be the answer?
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Clever Plastic-Free and Low-Tech Ways to Store Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Skip the fridge and plastic bags when storing fruits and veggies. They'll last longer and taste better.
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10 Online Gardening Communities You Should Join
Have a gardening question, but no friends who garden? The Internet is filled with forums for every gardening topic imaginable that you can turn to when looking advice.
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Rooftop Fish Farm Ups the Ante for Urban Agriculture
The prototype Globe/Hedron is a bamboo greenhouse designed to organically grow fish and vegetables on top of generic flat roofs. It uses aquaponic farming techniques so the fish's water nourishes the plants and plants clean the water for the fish.
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The Week in Pictures: Adding Land to Manhattan, Dumpster Photography, and More
A bold plan calls for creating more land in NYC, it would be "Lower Lower Manhattan." Plus garbage men turn dumpsters into pinhole cameras, bathing gets classy, and more.
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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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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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Texas College Converts its Football Field into a Working Farm
Paul Quinn College in Dallas converted its underused football field into a working farm.
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Fair Trade Chocolate, Tea, Spice and Coffee Sales Jump 75 Percent, Study Says
Chocolate, tea and more goodies partner with Fair Trade USA which expands farming programs and experiences record sales.
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10 or So Things You Should Know About the Future of Feeding the World
Experts weigh in on how to feed 7 billion people in a warming world.
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Green Rural Design Aims to Slow Urban Slum Growth
The NESTown development concept envisions the building of self-sufficient, environmentally friendly 'semi-urban centers' in rural Ethiopia that would allow farmers to improve their financial prospects without abandoning the land.
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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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Sustainable California Wineries Celebrate Earth Day All of April
California's sustainable wineries and vineyards launch the first month-long Earth Day celebration with special green events.
