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- Tired of red tape, indigenous leaders are creating their own climate fund Tue, 30 Jan 18, 1:39amLocal communities wrestling with the impacts of climate change on food security have also struggled to get funds to deal with those impacts. The United Nations created the Green Climate Fund in 2010 - but it can be very difficult...
- Tired of the red tape, indigenous leaders are creating their own climate fund Tue, 30 Jan 18, 1:39amLocal communities wrestling with the impacts of climate change on food security have also struggled to get funds to deal with those impacts. The United Nations created the Green Climate Fund in 2010 - but it can be very difficult...
- The organic farm teaching sustainable growing techniques in Canada's cold, dark north Tue, 16 Jan 18, 2:45amTucked inside the lush boreal forest in Canada's Northwest Territories, you'll find something unexpected. There, cheek to jowl with the ever-encroaching trees sits a thriving farm with snuffling pigs, lush fruit trees, and...
- 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...
- This farm in New York only grows food for donation (10 tons and counting) Mon, 17 Jul 17, 9:42pmArtist Dan Colen needed an escape from New York City. So he purchased Sky High Farm in New York's Hudson Valley region in 2011, and worked with Berman Horn Studio to create a gorgeous haven with structures reminiscent of...
- This organic farm in New York only grows food for donation (10 tons and counting) Mon, 17 Jul 17, 9:42pmArtist Dan Colen needed an escape from New York City. So he purchased Sky High Farm in New York's Hudson Valley region in 2011, and worked with Berman Horn Studio to create a gorgeous haven with structures reminiscent of...
- 7 biggest threats to the environment - why we still need Earth Day Wed, 19 Apr 17, 3:20amThis Saturday is Earth Day, and while it's a time to celebrate our planet, it's also a prime opportunity to take a closer look at the serious environmental issues we're facing and the solutions that need to be put in place...
- 50,000 new seeds deposited in Arctic Circle's Svalbard Global Seed Vault Fri, 24 Feb 17, 1:53amNearly 10 years ago, a group of scientists got together to build the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the Arctic Circle, to prepare for a world threatened by climate change, wars, and natural disasters...
- This element, essential to all life, is rapidly disappearing from the planet Mon, 15 Feb 16, 10:00pmOf the many things threatening the world’s food supply, the element with the ability to wreak the most havoc hasn’t made many headlines. Researchers are now warning that waning phosphorous levels could devastate food...
- France becomes world’s first county to ban supermarkets from throwing away food Sat, 6 Feb 16, 9:04amIn an effort to tackle the dual problems of food waste and poverty, France has passed a groundbreaking law that requires supermarkets to give unsold food to charity, or face fines of up to €75,000 ($82,324) and two years...
- Chicago’s FarmedHere plans to expand vertical indoor farming to 20 new locations across the country Thu, 31 Dec 15, 10:00pmSerious indoor agriculture used to be reserved for people who were into black lights and excessive incense burning, but the times are definitely changing. Now, a number of savvy business folk are investing in vertical indoor...
- “Resurrection plants” could offer hope as climate change decimates crops Fri, 11 Dec 15, 5:37amAs the climate begins to change, transforming formerly fertile agricultural regions into dusty, arid fields, scientists are determined to adapt. Jill Farrant, a professor of molecular and cell biology in Cape Town, South...
- Fish farm the size of Central Park planned for waters off San Diego Coast Tue, 22 Sep 15, 3:36amA fish farm with a footprint about the size of Central Park could be coming to Pacific waters just off the coast from San Diego. A project put forward by a partnership between Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute and a private...
- The world is perilously close to global food shock Fri, 26 Jun 15, 1:30amA new report envisions a nightmare scenario in which just three climate change-driven disasters could lead to global food shock, resulting in food riots as the price of basic crops skyrockets and stock markets experience...
- How fossil fuel emissions could take protein from the diets of the world’s poorest people | Graham Readfearn Wed, 17 Jun 15, 4:46pmNew study finds plants grown under higher levels of carbon dioxide are lower in protein