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- Lomborg: ‘Organic agriculture’ could optimistically support 4.7 billion people – ‘Industrial agriculture’ could optimistically support 12 billion – Current global population is 8 billion Mon, 15 May 23, 11:00amThe alarmist forecast of 12 billion is only a projection of current trends
- How more organic farming could worsen global warming Fri, 25 Oct 19, 8:00amFrom PBS By —Courtney Vinopal Science Updated on Oct 23, 2019 10:00 AM EDT — Published on Oct 22, 2019 3:56 PM EDT For decades, the conventional wisdom surrounding organic farming has been that it produces crops that...
- Organic food worse for the climate Tue, 18 Dec 18, 5:00amFrom Eurekalert Organically farmed food has a bigger climate impact than conventionally farmed food, due to the greater areas of land required. This is the finding of a new international study, published in the journal Nature...
- New 'agrihood' coming to the Island of Hawaii Thu, 14 Jun 18, 5:00amIn a first for the Big Island of Hawaii, a new sustainable "agrihood" known as Kuwili Lani, Hawaiian for “to embrace the heavens,” has received final subdivision approval and properties in this new neighborhood are now...
- Organic Agriculture is Worse for the Environment and Climate Than… Wed, 11 Apr 18, 12:45amInorganic agriculture? Guest commentary by David Middleton New study challenges beliefs about organic ag BY MARK LYNAS APRIL 9, 2018 Organic agriculture is not as good for the environment as commonly believed, according to a...
- World's first solar-powered, indoor vertical farm sprouts in Philadelphia Fri, 6 Oct 17, 1:31amFuture-farming experts Metropolis Farms have opened the world's first solar powered, indoor vertical farm in the heart of Philadelphia. Although the City of Brotherly Love currently hosts only about eight acres of urban farming...
- Ohio’s 100-Acre Classroom teaches farming skills to middle-school students Sat, 11 Apr 15, 5:00amImagine a school environment in which subjects like chemistry, biology, math, and home ec are learned outside in the fresh air. Sound too good to be true? Well, the Geauga County Hershey Montessori Farm School offers exactly...
- Calotopos: a utopian vision of sustainable settlements integrated with nature Thu, 5 Mar 15, 6:30amMoldovan architect Maxim Calujac has a unique vision for sustainable urban design, and he has named it "Calotopos". Based on a set of principles including polycentrism, population dispersion, transport reduction, and ecological...
- Map Reveals Who is Eating Their Fruits and Vegetables in America Fri, 14 Jun 13, 10:20pmJust about every doctor on the planet will advise their patients to eat a good selection of fruits and vegetables each day in order to bolster their health, but for some Americans, it's simply not that easy...
- Stacked Glass Farm Is A Collection Of Urban Greenhouses in the Heart of Tokyo Sat, 16 Apr 11, 12:06amON Design’s Roppongi Nouen Farm in the steamy heart of Tokyo comprises a series of stacked glass cubes full of a variety of produce. This 21 square meter urban farm isn’t hidden on a roof, or relegated to a corner...
- Welcome to the Permanent Recession – Food and Transportation Prices Rising Wed, 10 Mar 10, 1:30amThis is a guest post by Brian Gordon. If employment is inversely proportional to oil prices (it is), and oil prices are only going to trend up…then employment by necessity is going down. Because oil is so fundamental...
- Agriculture: Wisdom of the Uncivilized Crowds Tue, 2 Feb 10, 1:34amThis is a guest post by Suraj Kumar, who posts under the name sunson. He is a software engineer living in Bangalore, India. This is a link to his blog.
- How Might We Be Fed? Part Two Fri, 20 Mar 09, 2:49pmThis is a guest post by Phil Harris, a plant scientist based near the Scottish border in the UK. He has worked for government agencies in such areas as food safety and plant quarantine. Since 1997, he has worked amid the...