Pastor Turns Food Desert into Garden of Eden for the Poor
A pastor decided to turn a food desert into 50,000 pounds of produce for the poor in his community, teaching his church to raise the crops and pay it forward.
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Rare Quadruplet Calves Are Together Again After Miracle Birth
Eeny, Meeny, Miny and Moo have beaten the odds and the rare quadruplet calves create a herd of their own on a Texas farm.
Once a Desert, Ethiopia Turns Wasteland Into Fertile Farms
The Ethiopian desert, full of drought and famine just a generation ago, is turning green with crops.
Homestead Act for Russian Far East - Putin Supports Free Land Handout
The Russian president has approved the idea of offering large land plots for free to anyone who resettles to the Russian Far East to start a farm or business.
Scotland Achieves Fair Trade Nation Status
Scotland has become a Fair Trade Nation after achieving its target of having all six cities and 18 of its 32 councils garnering fair trade status. It follows Wales in becoming one of the first nations to earn the accolade.
Meet Goliath, A Baby Cow Who Thinks He's A Big Dog
A rescued baby cow is now convinced he's a dog after living around three Great Danes for two months.
What's Jon Stewart Up To? Loving Life Down on the Farm (WATCH)
He has become "The Mayor" of a local smoothie bar. Watch Jon Stewart petting his pigs down on his new farm in New Jersey in this new video...
258 Trucks Deliver Hay To Farmers Suffering From Drought (Video)
Community appreciation is thriving in Australia thanks to a convoy of volunteer truck drivers delivering necessary resources to drought-afflicted farmers.
How Much Longer Can One Man Feed Millions?
It was in 1984 that John Jacko Garrett, age 70, first began donating a portion of his harvest each year to charity. Today, the second-generation rice farmer from Danbury, a tiny farm town of 1,700 southeast of Houston, is a legend. He's a legend thanks to the almost six million pounds of rice he's donated to the Houston Foodbank, and the millions upon millions of free meals created from that rice.
Instead of Evicting City Farmers From His New Land, Owner Sows Amazing Goodwill
When a real estate developer bought land that a band of urban farmers were using, he opened his wallet and goodwill sprouted in an amazing way.
Man Becomes Hero to Nation of Farmers
Shykh Seraj is a hero to 140 million Bangladesh farmers, half of whom live on less than one U.S. Dollar a day. His 10-year television show has been teaching impoverished farmers how to better work their fields and rise above grinding poverty.
First Major Hemp Crop in 60 Years is Planted in Colorado
A crop of Hemp, the non-psychoactive cannabis used to produce wax, rope, cloth, oil and more, has been planted in Southeast Colorado -- for the first time in the United States in almost six decades.
The House That Hemp Built: Moldproof, Fireproof and Eco-Friendly
As part of an emerging trend, many U.S. builders are literally going green and incorporating the use of a hemp-based material to provide insulation.
Transforming Milwaukee's Vacant Lots Into A New Agricultural Economy
The Home Gr/own initiative is turning Milwaukee's thousands of vacant lots and idled citizens into a source of food and jobs in food production, processing, and distribution.
Young Indonesians Green Their Concrete City
Young Indonesians are breathing new life into their polluted concrete capital city with little more than buckets of soil and seeds. A group of mostly young professionals are converting vacant patches of land - once eyesores -- between Jakarta's skyscrapers into lush green vegetable gardens.
New Potato Can Be Grown With Just Sea Water
After years of researching crops that could be grown with the brackish water of the Netherlands, a Dutch team is poised to launch their pioneering potatoes, which are grown with sea water.
Astronauts Grow Salad Greens, Eat Fresh Food in Space, a NASA First
Space farming reached an important milestone this week when astronauts got to eat fresh salad greens grown aboard the International Space Station.
Field of Greens: Baseball Stadiums Grow Veggies on Roof to Feed Fans
Several Major League Baseball teams have joined the urban farming movement, raising crops in their stadiums–even right on their rooftops– to green up the menu.
You Have to Sea it to Believe it: New Superfood Ocean Plant Tastes Like Bacon
After 15 years of growing a strain of super-seaweed, researchers at Oregon State University have patented the algae that tastes like bacon when cooked.
By Planting a Garden, Community Changes The Neighborhood
With shovels, rakes, and hoes in hand, the women of a Mississauga housing complex transformed a vacant piece of land into a bountiful garden that grew into a small business and changed their neighborhood.
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