AGNR researchers discover huge health benefit in tiny, immature greens
AGNR researchers discover huge health benefit in tiny, immature greens August 20-2013 Feeling a bit under the weather? Need a little pep in your step? A sprinkling of…
Read MoreArchive
Category: Global Agriculture
Science City Stores Warm Air from Summer to Heat Buildings in Winter
Science City Stores Warm Air from Summer to Heat Buildings in Winter August 19-2013 Humans are pretty temperature-sensitive creatures, which means we use a ton of power every year through…
Read More
King Arthur Flour Bakes Up Solar Powered EV Charging
King Arthur Flour Bakes Up Solar Powered EV Charging August 19-2013 It is a story only Vermont could produce. King Arthur Flour, known as a founding B-Corp entity and heavily…
Read More
Self-Sufficient Earthship Community Planned For Malawi
Self-Sufficient Earthship Community Planned For Malawi August 19-2013 Tired of toxic homes and rampant consumption, we’re getting creative about where and how we live. Ideas about how to…
Read More
SPECIAL REPORT ON AGRICULTURE: REALIZING AFRICA’S POTENTIAL
SPECIAL REPORT ON AGRICULTURE: REALIZING AFRICA’S POTENTIAL August 19-2013 With unprecedented interest in African agriculture, business and governments are moving towards harnessing the continent’s vast potential. What will be…
Read More
Persephone Farm offers organic food alternatives
Persephone Farm offers organic food alternatives August 19-2013 INDIANOLA — Organic farming anywhere can be unpredictable, so when the owners of Persephone Farm opened the family-owned business in…
Read More
Growing micro greens in a container.
Growing micro greens in a container August 19-2013 I have been going out and harvesting my little mini-greens for my salad, and I love how delicious they are…
Read More
Gardening Can Help Beat Depression
Gardening Can Help Beat Depression August 17-2013 Every year, some 230 million prescriptions for antidepressants are filled, making them one of the most-prescribed drugs in the United States.…
Read More
Fast Food Burgers Only 7% Meat, The 8 Other ‘Ingredients’ Will Disgust You
Fast Food Burgers Only 7% Meat, The 8 Other ‘Ingredients’ Will Disgust You August 17-2013 Americans consume somewhere in the ballpark of 5 billion hamburgers a year. To…
Read More
India Declares Dolphins Non-Human Persons, Bans Holding Them in Captivity
India Declares Dolphins Non-Human Persons, Bans Holding Them in Captivity August 17-2013 Cetaceans should be regarded as non-human persons with their own rights and therefore it is morally…
Read More
FDA Admits Factory Farmed Chicken Contains Cancerous Arsenic, Source of Arsenic is Shocking
FDA Admits Factory Farmed Chicken Contains Cancerous Arsenic, Source of Arsenic is Shocking August 17-2013 After years of sweeping the issue under the rug and hoping no one…
Read More
Smiling is Nature’s Stress Reducer, it can “Actually Influence Our Physical State”
Smiling is Nature’s Stress Reducer, it can “Actually Influence Our Physical State” August 17-2013 Just grin and bear it! At some point, we have all probably heard or thought…
Read More
10 Reasons to Buy Organic
10 Reasons to Buy Organic August 16-2013 Organic foods and products are the fastest growing items in America’s grocery carts. Thirty million households, comprising 75 million people, are…
Read MoreVertical Farm Concept is a Green Gateway for Chicago
Vertical Farm Concept is a Green Gateway for Chicago August 16-2013 This towering eco high-rise offers a green gateway to the city of Chicago that includes a large vertical…
Read More
34 Medical Studies for the Skeptic Confirming that Cannabis Can Cure Cancer
34 Medical Studies for the Skeptic Confirming that Cannabis Can Cure Cancer August 16-2013 The sometimes wild sounding claims about cannabis curing cancer are frequently dismissed as conspiracy…
Read More
Rolling out a new kind of farmers’ market
Rolling out a new kind of farmers’ market A Kansas city program aimed at making fresh produce cheaper and more accessible has now launched a mobile market. The…
Read More
Whole Foods Announces Plans for 20,000 Sq. Ft. Rooftop Farm Atop New Gowanus Store
Whole Foods Announces Plans for 20,000 Sq. Ft. Rooftop Farm Atop New Gowanus Store August 16-2013 NYC foodies will soon be in for a real treat as Whole Foods has…
Read More
The World’s First Commercial Vertical Farm Opens in Singapore
The World’s First Commercial Vertical Farm Opens in Singapore August 16-2013 The dense metropolis of Singapore is now home to the world’s first commercial vertical farm! Built by Sky Greens Farms,…
Read More
Microgreens have up to 40 times more vital nutrients than mature plants
Microgreens have up to 40 times more vital nutrients than mature plants August 16-2013 They may be tiny, but a new study shows trendy microgreens punch well above…
Read More
Cotton trading resumes
Cotton trading resumes August 16-2013 Local cotton markets witnessed some trading, as this was the first working day on Monday after Eid holidays, a dealer said. “Cotton markets…
Read More