Organic, regenerative, sustainable. What do all of these new terms mean? Sustainable agriculture is both a philosophy and a system of farming. Photo: Getty Images Agricultural production used to be basically divided...
Read MoreHold the phone. I just found out you can regrow food in water without dirt. Could gardening get any better when you have two black thumbs? I think not. And my black thumbs aren’t the only reason I’ve been hesitant to...
Read MoreChemical pesticides have become a mainstay of modern agriculture, despite red flags that they’re slowly destroying ecosystems. (Technically, pesticides are designed to kill insects, while herbicides are used to kill weeds or...
Read MoreShneel Malik, a Barlett doctoral candidate, has created Indus — a modular wall system that is created to clean water polluted using dyes and chemicals with the help of ceramic tiles and algae....
Read MoreThe bird has eluded scientists for the last 130 years. The South Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx mindanensis) was first described 130 years ago during the Steere Expedition to the Philippines in 1890. The bird is the...
Read MoreMove over biodynamic and organic farming — there is a new farming technique on the block, in which fruit and vegetable crops are grown in conjunction with trees. Syntropic farming was developed in Brazil, where there are now...
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Business is booming for farmers who plant on man-made islands. At the Xochimilco natural reserve...
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ORGANIC AS 2020 PRIORITY Bernie Sanders, candidate for the 2020 Democratic Presidential...
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Abstract Biochar was recently included as a promising negative emissions technology (NET) in the...
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Biochar produced in cookstoves has the potential to contribute to negative carbon emissions...
Read MoreStoring fresh fruit and vegetables from the garden is an easy task in the summer months. However, once the cooler months roll around, the abundance of produce is so overwhelming that not even our fridges can keep up. Utilizing...
Read MoreRice is the most polluting grain, but demand for the staple food is growing. A project called the Sustainable Rice Platform started in 2015 and has grown to 500,000 farmers across 21 countries today. It’s only just...
Read MoreThe Māori negotiated a treaty settlement with the government recognizing that the Whanganui River, or Te Awa Tupua (which refers to the entire river system “and all its physical and metaphysical elements”), has the rights of a...
Read MoreGreg Dalton and James Ryan (Creation Care), Mark Higgins (Chair of Fleurieu Beef Group), John Elferink (South Australia Dairy Farmers Association, Policy Officer), Melissa Rebbeck (Secretary of Fleurieu Beef Group and Director...
Read MoreSuccessful rainwater harvesting I. Why Rainwater Harvesting? Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) is the principle of collecting and using precipitation from catchment surfaces. We carried out a detailed water usage audit in our society,...
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https://greenstories.co.in/ India’s first Zero Budget Natural Farming state The Government...
Read MoreNot only will they give you access to clean food, but your patronage will help them practise sustainable agriculture. It’s a win-win It’s a beautiful spring morning in Delhi when I meet Babulal Dahiya, a Padma Shri-winning...
Read MoreIt’s a process that is as old as humankind taming fire and growing crops. The practice of returning carbon to the soil through charcoal (called “biochar” when put into the ground) from fires has been known for centuries to have...
Read MoreChina is the world leader in chemical fertilizer production, consumption, and imports. Statistical data from the China Agriculture Year Book shows that fertilizer consumption increased from 12.7 million tons in 1980 to 50...
Read MoreGitanjali Rajamani will probably never work in a cubicle again. After working at Tata Consultancy Services for almost seven years, one day Gitanjali quit. It wasn’t that she was bored of her job. However, she got jaded with the...
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