Tag: soil
Mulch needed
There are many ways in which one can protect the soil and plants we grow. Read about one such method that can be done with organic and inorganic materials alike..
Worms, Partners for Your Crop
Worms provide a sustainable alternative to landfills for kitchen and garden waste and help in improving soil health.
Daycares in Finland Changed Children’s Immune Systems With Forest Floor Play-yards
Recent research from Finland suggests that children's immune system can be boosted by letting them play in soil more often.
Aranya – Turning Barren Land Into A Food Forest With Permaculture
Padma and Narsanna Koppula have turned a barren piece of land in India's Medak district into a food forest by engaging the community that lives around it.
Narsanna and Padma have been pursuing permaculture for several years now. According to them, permaculture is pro-nature and...
Urban Edge Farm Programme Offers Immersion Learning
To First Generation Farmers Executive Director Alli Cecchini and head farmer Eleanor VanHof, a 13-acre section of the prime farmland in the Bay Area’s east Contra Costa County is the site of the long-dreamed-of Urban Edge Sustainable Farming (UESF).
For the first cohort of students,...
Detroit Dirt – Bringing Waste to Life
Pashon Murray cofounded Detroit Dirt in 2010 as a local compost company, which focuses on being an engine for waste reduction and climate benefits.
As a child growing up in Grand Rapids, she watched her father run a waste removal company and accompanied him on...
8 Reasons To Grow Your Own Fruits and Vegetables
If you think that more people around you are getting involved with growing food plants around their house, you are correct. There are some very good reasons why you should consider doing so yourself.
Most retail chains today procure fruits and vegetables from large...
Futuristic Farming, In The City
Kern Agrawal was just 20 when he was introduced to the bliss and sanity of organic gardening and urban farming by his long-time girlfriend and now wife, Ranjani, over a decade ago.
Kern was ushered into the art and science of agriculture in his final...
Farms Are Growing In Kuala Lumpur
THE notion that farming is an activity that requires a huge land area has been clearly debunked as urban farming gains ground among Malaysian city dwellers.
In the heart of Kuala Lumpur, Wong Min Lik has co-founded Moutou Art Space on the rooftop of a...
Exploring an Alternative Dairy Farming Model in New Zealand
Earlier the farmer owner could make an income without having to milk cows every day and the young farmer could make a good income and save the surplus. After about 10 years, the sharemilker was in a position to buy a small farm.
Today, just...
