Source: inhabitat.com Published: August 14, 2017 Written by Lucy Wang A tree may grow in Brooklyn, but an amazing urban farm flourishes on Governors Island. An inspiring GrowNYC initiative is teaching inner city kids how to plant, water, harvest, and...
Source: salon.com Published Date: August 12, 2017 (cjp via iStock) Matthew Wallenstein This article was originally published on The Conversation. Our soils are in trouble. Over the past century, we’ve abused them with plowing, tilling and too much fertilizer. What...
Source: denverpost.com Published: August 8, 2017 Gabriel Scarlett, The Denver Post By Libby Rainey Growing movement fills the gaps in Denver’s food waste management using bikes It’s a steamy Friday morning, and Christi Turner is elbows-deep in compost. Armed with...
Source: reuters.com Published: August 8, 2017 Nichola Groom (Reuters) – U.S. residential solar company Sunrun Inc on Monday reported second-quarter revenue and earnings per share that fell short of Wall Street estimates, sending its shares down nearly 10 percent...
Source: alternet.org Published: August 7, 2017 Written by Robin Scher Reduce, reuse, recycle. Everyone has heard this call ad infinitum, but do we really take heed? Yes, sorting your trash is a good start, but that still only ticks one box. Maybe you’re a stellar...
Source: bbc.com Published: July 19, 2017 Plenty’s first farms will grow lettuce and other greens. Getty Images Plenty, a San Francisco vertical farming start-up, has raised $200m (£154m) from big-name investors that include Japanese media giant SoftBank,...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: July 20, 2017 by Amanda Froelich Most people in Western countries reflect on Africa as a continent in which poverty is rife and economic opportunities are lacking. While this may be true in some cases, it’s a fixable problem. This is...
Source: articles.mercola.com Published: September 10, 2016 NOTE: Article Requires a Mercola subscription to view Agriculture has a significant impact on life on Earth. It provides food, sure, but it’s also an integral part of the ecosystem as a whole. Done correctly,...
Source: foodtank.com Published: July 14, 2016 Niyati Shah Indigenous and traditional crops are an important source of food and fiber for people around the globe. Often these crops are resilient to pests and disease or can tolerate high temperatures, drought, or...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: August 7, 2016 Plants feed us, clothe us, shelter us, heal us, and unendingly inspire us with their everyday miracles. But, in many ways, despite the technological advances of society, we are still at the tip of the iceberg in...