Source: blogs.usda.gov Published: February 21, 2017 Posted by Jocelyn Benjamin, USDA-NRCS and Kate MacFarland, USDA National Agroforestry Center, on February 21, 2017 Much of the beauty in American agricultural landscapes is complemented by the trees in those...
Source: grist.org Published: April 11, 2017 By Nathanael Johnson What Jonathan Sanderman really wanted was some old dirt. He called everyone he could think of who might know where he could get some. He emailed colleagues and read through old studies looking for clues,...
Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: April 18, 2017 Sarah van Gelder, Contributor Boarded-up business districts. Abandoned warehouses. Barns and homes covered by tarps slowly collapsing into the earth. It was startling how often this scene repeated as I drove through...
Source: modernfarmer.com Published: February 5, 2016 Shutterstock Dan Nosowitz Previous studies have looked specifically at the cost or yield of organic farming, sometimes in specific countries, or at the cost of transitioning to an all-organic system. But this new...
Source: sciencefocus.com Published: February 3, 2016 By Jheni Osman Rainforests are the poster child for conservation. They’re packed with charismatic wildlife and are essential for the health of the planet. Why wouldn’t you want to try to save them? But they are not...
Source: blog.education.nationalgeographic.com Published: March 16, 2017 Image provided by City Compost Olivia Ries Hi! Olivia here from One More Generation! Remember how back in December I wrote about gardening and composting on my holiday list? Well, do I have some...
Source: ecowatch.com Published: January 5, 2015 John Roulac [Editor’s note: This article is part one of a two-part series. Read part two.] Many of us are now choosing to eat holistically grown foods. We want: • more nutrition from our food. • to avoid toxic...
Source: articles.mercola.com Published: July 10, 2016 NOTE: Article requires a Mercola account to view By Dr. Mercola I recently visited Will Harris’ farm White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Georgia. Harris is a pioneer of grass-fed products and what he calls “a kinder,...
Source: newhope.com Published: December 5, 2015 Steven Hoffman As delegations from throughout the world gather this week and next at the COP21 Global Climate Summit in Paris to discuss how to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and increase availability of renewable...
Source: alternet.org Published: March 9, 2017 Written by Alexis Baden-Mayer There are three interrelated challenges facing agriculture over the next 50 years. The first is soil loss. In the United States, soil is swept and washed away 10 times faster than it is...
