With its natural habitat mostly gone, one of North America's rarest songbirds has found a surprising workaround: It's thriving in the industrial pine plantations of the southeastern United States, reports Nat Geo.
An Australian designer from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne is the winner of the 2011 James Dyson award for his Airdrop – a low-cost, low-maintenance tecnology for farming in arid areas. Dyson, an Inventor and entrepreneur, said Edward Linacre's invention shows how simple, natural principles such as the condensation of water can be applied to good effect through skilled design and robust engineering.
Some US farmers are considering returning to conventional seed after increased pest resistance and crop failures meant genetically modified (GM) crops saw smaller yields globally than their non-GM counterparts.
A new $3M fund being touted as the first of its kind in Canada will be launched tomorrow to support the development of small community-based renewable energy projects.
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Farmers, like Earl and Clarisse Snell of Alabama, can still grow summer squash and tomatoes as if it were summer, thanks to their new high tunnel built with financial assistance from the US government. Also called hoop houses, seasonal high tunnels look a lot like greenhouses but require no artificial energy source—all they need is natural daylight. With their natural pest controlled environment, farmers across the country are now able to sell organic, locally grown produce throughout the year in states as cold as Minnesota, Wisconsin and even Alaska.
An Australian designer from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne is the winner of the 2011 James Dyson award for his Airdrop – a low-cost, low-maintenance tecnology for farming in arid areas. Dyson, an Inventor and entrepreneur, said Edward Linacre's invention shows how simple, natural principles can be applied to good effect through skilled design and robust engineering.
When an early morning fire broke out at a Mount Carmel, Illinois home, Lucky the pig flew into action, screaming, squealing, and making a fuss.
Jon Stewart his wife Tracey bought a farm in New Jersey that will soon provide a new home for rescued farm animals.
The folks at Edgar's Mission rescued little Soda Pop and rehabilitated her by helping the lamb learn to walk again using a tote bag.
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Crop yields of Cassava, the main staple in the diets of 200 million Africans have rebounded since the introduction of a mite from across the ocean. Cassava has thrived in the poor drought-hardened soils of Africa without any of its natural pests since its introduction in the 15th century from Latin America. That was true until the 1970's when the Cassava Green Mite arrived on the scene wiping out half the cassava yields and endangering the livelihoods of poor farmers who relied on the crop.
The White House it teaming up with 150 private companies and groups to rein in antibiotics in the food supply.
In place of a holiday party, computer technology company NVIDIA conducted one of Silicon Valley's largest-ever employee volunteer events, with 1,500 employees and family members building structures that transformed a local community farm, donating services and materials totaling $380,000.
You can not help but laugh while watching Nothing but two minutes of goats yelling like humans, the original video montage that went viral last week racking up almost 9 million views on YouTube.
In place of a holiday party, computer technology company NVIDIA conducted one of Silicon Valley's largest-ever employee volunteer events, with 1,500 employees and community members gathering to bolster a local farm's ability to continue providing students and families with access to fresh local produce. NVIDIA's annual holiday initiative called Project Inspire began on December 9 and in two days transformed Full Circle Farm's operations, building structures to enable it to become financially self-sustaining and to expand its ability to provide nutrition education to students and families in Silicon Valley.
Don't assume something is impossible just because it has never been done. Like the case of the Japanese watermelon, just because it has always been round, doesn't mean it always has to be. Japanese grocery stores had a problem. They are much smaller than their US counterparts and therefore don't have room to waste. Watermelons, big and round, wasted a lot of space. Then, some Japanese farmers came up with a solution.
Palestinians are reliant on Israel for income and water. Murad the farmer has challenged this standard of living with his sustainable form of agriculture.
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