Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
agriculture, Tag
- America's largest urban farm to be planted in Pittsburgh Tue, 19 Sep 17, 11:36pmPittsburgh, once a site of heavy industry, could soon be home to the biggest urban farm in the United States. The 23-acre Hilltop Urban Farm will be located in the city's Southside, an area underserved by supermarkets, where...
- New Orleans golf course transformed into citys biggest urban farm with an Eco-Campus Mon, 18 Sep 17, 7:30pmA former golf course in New Orleans' City Park has been transformed into the city's biggest urban farm—Grow Dat Youth Farm. The seven-acre sustainable farming nonprofit features a low-energy Eco-Campus built with seven...
- Beautiful cow barn in Basel is made of tree branches topped with a grassy roof Fri, 15 Sep 17, 10:00pmSwiss architects Forschungs + Architekturbüro AG have made some lucky cows very happy with a stunning new barn outside of Basel. The architects used natural materials from the surrounding area to create the light-filled...
- 3 ways to capture water for your backyard garden (that wont break the bank) Thu, 14 Sep 17, 10:08pmOne major issue a lot of backyard farmers have to contend with is water. All plants need water in order to thrive, and that generally means people have to hose down their gardens twice a day to ensure a healthy, generous...
- IKEAs SPACE10 lab is bringing a pop-up vertical farm to London Wed, 13 Sep 17, 1:12amEver wondered what the future of food looks like? IKEA’s SPACE10 lab is working on making food production smarter and more efficient - and they’re bringing a pop-up vertical farm to Shoreditch...
- Taste the future with IKEAs SPACE10 LOKAL hydroponic food pop-up in London Tue, 12 Sep 17, 8:03pmEver wondered what the future of food looks like? IKEA’s SPACE10 lab believes food production will be smarter and more efficient, and they’re going to show us how with their LOKAL pop up in Shoreditch...
- 3-hectare desert farm in Jordan can grow 286,600 pounds of veggies each year Fri, 8 Sep 17, 12:47amVegetables are sprouting in the desert at the Sahara Forest Project's recently inaugurated launch station in Aqaba, Jordan. The project draws on the sun, saltwater, and carbon dioxide to grow food and generate clean energy...
- Japan's new mushroom solar farms produce sustainable energy and food Wed, 6 Sep 17, 11:20pmJapan's agricultural sector could find a much-needed boost with an innovative approach to growing that combines solar power generation and mushroom cultivation...
- Incredible Algae Dome absorbs sun and CO2 to produce superfood and oxygen Tue, 5 Sep 17, 8:09pmIndustrial agriculture is blamed as a major cause of greenhouse gas, but what if there was a way to sustainably produce food that could help solve some of the world’s toughest environmental problems? That’s what the folks...
- 10 vegan sources of protein you can grow at home Mon, 4 Sep 17, 10:19pmWhen most people go vegan, the number one question that tends to get asked of them is usually "where are you going to get your protein from?" Sound familiar? Yes, protein is indeed an important part of a healthy diet, and...
- 1-acre permaculture farm in Australia feeds 50 families Tue, 5 Sep 17, 12:32amThis family in Australia completely shifted the way they source their food - with remarkable success. When wife Nici suffered an illness, the Coopers decided to start growing their own produce at home in Newcastle, and now...
- World’s soils have lost 133 billion tonnes of carbon since the dawn of agriculture, study estimates Thu, 31 Aug 17, 7:00amFrom The Independent Amount of carbon released from the Earth is about the same as released by deforestation Ian Johnston Environment Correspondent @montaukian Tuesday 29 August 2017 19:25 BST The degradation of the Earth’s...
- Sixth mass extinction on Earth is driven by industrial farming, says leading academic Thu, 31 Aug 17, 12:00amEarth is presently experiencing its sixth “mass extinction,” and humans are largely to blame, says a leading academic. In his new book The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy, Professor...
- Iowa grocery store grows 10-15 lbs of produce on outdoor vertical garden every week Wed, 30 Aug 17, 8:18amIt doesn't get much more local than this. In Davenport, Iowa, Hy-Vee grocery store commissioned Friday's Fresh Market (FFM) to install and maintain two eight-tower Grow Walls (hydroponic vertical gardens) on the outside of...
- Iowa grocery grows 10-15 lbs of produce on outdoor vertical garden - every week Tue, 29 Aug 17, 10:06pmIt doesn't get much more local than this. In Davenport, Iowa, Hy-Vee grocery store commissioned Friday's Fresh Market (FFM) to install and maintain two eight-tower Grow Walls, or hydroponic vertical gardens, on the outside...