Here is a brief interview with Brooks Miller, a farmer from Pennsylvania. Brooks co-owns his farm, Longacre Farm, with his wife Anna and friend Matt Smith. T…
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Image by friendsoffamilyfarmers Organic Valley donated cheese and milk at the event. Question by toastxcore: What are some sustainable ways of using the rainforest? if you could give me any ways, websites, key words etc that would be superrrr – i asked this in geography because it’s for my geography homework, not sure where else […]
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Looking for more aquaponics or vertical farming info? http://verticalfoodblog.com Nate is the Co-Founder of Bright Agrotech, a leader in vertical, space savi…
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Image by UN Women Gallery By bringing solar power home, the women are also supporting a greener form of energy usage. Many live in villages without any electricity at all, where kerosene usage is high. Yet kerosene is not a sustainable resource, nor is it cheap or healthy. Barefoot College estimates that the initiative now […]
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This video goes through the differences (and similarities) of home canning and industrial canning. Thanks Nadine!
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Image by skome Question by NakedHike: How come new homes aren’t built with solar panels? With all this “Go Green!” nonsense going on, you would think we would be graduating to better construction habits. Tankless water heaters, solar panels on roofs, compost heap areas in yards, WiFi- Broadband ready homes,etc. Add your own answer in […]
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Image by Helmand PRT, Lashkar Gah A new Afghan business operating at Helmand’s Bolan Farm provides 30% of the eggs and 10% of the chickens eaten in the province, said Mohammad Asif Rahimi, Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation & Livestock (MAIL). “Helmand consumers buy fresh, 100%-Afghan chickens and eggs, and no longer rely so much on […]
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http://idBee.ece.wisc.edu About 35% of the world’s crops and 80% of the world’s flowers are pollinated by bees. Recently, honeybees have begun dying off at a…
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