Farming – Agriculture

Mark Shepard on Restoration Agriculture

Source: resilience.org Published: March 5, 2014 By Karen Rybold-Chin, originally published by on the earth productions Click here to watch “Mark Shepard, Restoration Agriculture”: https://youtu.be/aTa7TI3yrFE One of the world’s foremost authorities on restoration...

Looking to the Earth Itself as a Climate Solution

source: insideclimatenews.org Published: September 28, 2016 The agriculture industry is beginning to consider soil’s ability to capture and store carbon, a potential climate-saver long overlooked. By Georgina Gustin, InsideClimate News Farmers, by using techniques...

Growing Up Farms

Source: growingupfarms.org Published: September 13, 2016 NOTE: Growing Up Farms is now closed. Growing Up Farms is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to changing the modern food system. In 2013 we set out to prove that healthy produce can be grown sustainably in...

This Farm in A Box Can Help Feed Your Community

source: dai.ly Published: August 5, 2016 NOTE: Source link no longer redirects to archived content. ‘Farm From A Box’ is a storage unit containing everything you need to grow and sustain a 2-acre farm, making it easy to provide for your community, teach children about...

Army of 1,000 Ducks Used as Brilliant Pesticide Alternative

Source: booooooom.com Published: May 31, 2016 Photo via Reuters Wider Image South Africa’s Vergenoegd vineyard in Stellenbosch keeps a flock of over 1,000 Indian Runner ducks to help combat tiny white dune snails that would otherwise destroy the budding vines. The...

The Roots of Organic Farming on Campus

Source: youtube.com Published: September 15, 2015 Mark Bittman: California Matters Tag along with Mark Bittman as he explores the lush 30-acre farm at UC Santa Cruz. Since 1967, the institution has offered a hands-on apprenticeship program to people from all walks of...

Organic Farming Could Feed the World

Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: June 22, 2016 Mike Blake / Reuters Farm workers harvest squash from the Chino Farm in Rancho Santa Fe, California, U.S. on October 3, 2007 By Joseph Erbentraut When it comes to organic farming, many in the agricultural industry...

A Switch to Ecological Farming Will Benefit Health and Environment

Source: theguardian.com Published: June 2, 2016 An organic cotton farm near Djembala village in Mali. Intensive farming with excessive use of fertilisers and pesticides has disastrous consequences on human and animal health, and ecosystem, study says. Photograph:...