Source: permaculturenews.org Published: August 24, 2016 Darren North Whenever we hear the word biochar, most of us are thinking that this is not a climate-friendly method since it undergoes combustion process and can aggravate greenhouse effect. Though this is a...
Source: capitalpress.com Published: September 2, 2016 Wilson Biochar Associates Kelpie Wilson heads a project in Southern Oregon in which farmers are making biochar and applying it to their soil. Eric Mortenson Calling Kelpie Wilson a “biochar believer” isn’t a joke....
Source: worldbank.org Published: July 13, 2016 Click here to watch “Helping Farmers Adapt to Climate Change in China”: https://youtu.be/37V_hjaOXyE About 380,000 rural households in six Chinese provinces are benefiting from a project that helps build sustainable and...
Source: marketwatch.com Published: January 6, 2017 Nemo’s Garden uses underwater biospheres to grow edible plants and is almost completely self-sustainable. NEMO’S GARDEN Can we grow food beneath the waves in a safe, self-sustainable way? By JURICA DUJMOVIC The...
Source: greenbiz.com Published: March 26, 2016 By Eric Toensmeier The following is adapted from The Carbon Farming Solution: A Global Toolkit of Perennial Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices for Climate Change Mitigation and Food Security by Eric Toensmeier...
Source: sciencedaily.com Published: May 9, 2016 System helps lights adapt to plants’ needs in controlled environment agriculture Source: American Society for Horticultural Science Summary: A chlorophyll fluorescence-based biofeedback system was used to maintain the...
Source: renewableenergyworld.com Published: April 5, 2016 By Bloomberg News Editors For more than a century, Dawson Singletary’s family has grown tobacco, peanuts and cotton on a 530-acre farm amid the coastal flatlands of North Carolina. Now he’s making money from a...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: December 28, 2016 Farm From a Box fits all the essential equipment for a two-acre farm inside a shipping container, including solar power generation and a complete water system. Written by Cat DiStasio Two acres of land is enough to...
Source: sacbee.com Published: September 17, 2016 By Adam Ashton Greenhouse gas rules prompt California dairies to build methane digesters The rumbling of a tank-sized generator on the grounds of the Van Warmerdam Dairy is a sound of relief for the longtime farming...
Source: detroit.curbed.com Published: December 7, 2016 Michelle & Chris Gerard By Robin Runyan This week, the Michigan Urban Farming Initiative (MUFI) revealed its plans for the first Sustainable Urban Agrihood in the North End. Wait, an agrihood? It’s an...
