Tag: Farming
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The Farmery is a radical vision of what farms and grocery stores can be
What if you could grow and sell food in the same place? That is the radical idea behind Ben Greene's The Farmery project. Can this revolutionize our current food transportation system?
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A tabletop terrarium for growing your own…edible bugs?
It is designed to provide the perfect habitat for raising grasshoppers, a significant source of protein in many parts of the world.
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Food miles are a distraction. Local food is not.
Food miles are a simple concept to get. But for truly sustainable food, we must engage with the details.
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SunWater is developing a "radically affordable" solar water pump for poor farmers
One way that subsistence farmers can break out of the poverty cycle is through growing cash crops, and this low-cost solar pump could help make that happen.
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How the coconut tree provides food, fuel, roofing, rope and more for Sri Lankan farmers
Waste not, want not. Coconut farmers know a thing or two about the efficient use of resources.
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My Cool Allotment is a guide to the prettiest allotment gardens around
Allotment gardens as works of growable art...
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What does seasonal eating look like where you live?
TreeHugger writers dish the dirt on what's seasonal in their neck of the woods right now.
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Is your state criminalizing farm cruelty whistleblowers?
12 states are currently considering legislation to outlaw or impede undercover citizen investigations of animal cruelty. Is yours on the list?
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Photo tour: healing the planet through agriculture
The Demeter biodynamic method goes beyond organic standards, we see the principles in action at a Demeter farm.
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2013 drought may be worse than 2012, says NOAA
The historic drought of 2011 and 2012 cost more than $50bn, greater than the economic damage caused by hurricane Sandy. Unfortunately, NOAA predicts 2013 will be even worse.
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Solar technology for farming and urban gardening
Solar power has a place in farms and gardens, with devices designed to do everything from heating water to powering tractors.
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What if farmers made house calls?
John Robb at Resilient Communities has better idea for our yards: farmers should make house calls!
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"Farmscraper" masterplan concept created for Shenzhen, China
A mixed-use vertical farm scheme, incorporating residential with office, retail and leisure, hopes to increase food production and improve air quality in southern China.
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Hip-hop video compares the food industry to drug dealers
The makers of "Food Fight" level charges of racketeering and murder against the global food industry. They may just have a point.
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Fresh bread without preservatives?
A Canadian researcher's bread breakthough could lead to natural crop protection as well as better bread
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Chicken coop gets cool & contemporary treatment in Sicily
Who says chickens are boring? Check out this fun-looking wooden chicken coop built as part of a permaculture workshop in Sicily.
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10 Heirloom Seed Companies Pioneering a Revival
Over the past several decades, we've lost countless varieties of fruits, vegetables, and flowers that once flourished in the U.S. A new generation of seed companies has set out to reverse the trend.
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Quinoa, Commodities, and the Gentrification of the Food System
Demand for quinoa in developed countries means agrarian people in Bolivia and Peru can't afford the one-time staple crop. Is that entirely bad news? The answer is complicated.
