Climate Friendly Farms: Agriculture Adapts to Global Warming
Farms and farmers across the U.S. are adopting climate-friendly practices to improve soil quality and save water as global warming kicks in…
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Conventional Agriculture: Far From A Green Revolution
You call this a revolution? Spraying fields with synthetic chemicals to keep pests down is no way to take care of the planet and its inhabitants’ health.
What’s Killing All the Bees?
Activists would like the U.S. government to ban a class of insecticides called neonics that they blame for wiping out the bees that pollinate a majority of our food crops.
What advantages do vertical farms have over traditional gardens and farms?
Dear EarthTalk: What advantages do so-called “vertical farms” have over traditional gardens and farms? —Sylvia Pleasant, Washington, DC When Dickson Despommier’s book The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century was first published, there were no vertical farms. Now, it’s an exciting movement in U.S. food production, providing pesticide-free leafy greens and herbs to […]
Is global warming making our crops less nutritious?
Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that global warming is causing our crops to be less nutritious? — William Persson, Glendale, OH It’s difficult to say whether or not the climate change we are now experiencing is negatively impacting the nutritional quality of our food, but researchers warn that it may be only a matter of time. […]
Free Range Fish
Submersible fish pens and new developments in fish food are finally making sustainable aquaculture possible — and may solve multiple environmental problems.
Succumbing to Shrimp
Shrimp Farming in Thailand and Elsewhere Has Led to Wholesale Destruction of the World’s Mangrove Forests
The Seaweed and Shellfish Solution
When runoff from fertilized lawns, farms & sewage treatment plants reaches our rivers & coasts, it causes water pollution known as eutrophication.
SPIN in the City
SPIN (Small Plot Intensive relay farming) downsizes traditional organic farming methods and combines them with a franchise-like business formula.
The Transition to Organic Agriculture
While the organic food sector is soaring in the U.S.—it ‘s the fastest-growing segment of the food industry—the government has done little to encourage it.