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World’s First Underwater Vegetable Garden Reopens Growing Lettuce and Basil in Perfect Temperature
From the ancient rice terraces of Yunnan to modern vertical hydroponics, agriculture comes in many different forms. Now a group of Italian brainiacs have...
Shade From Solar Panels Increases Abundance of Flowers, Benefiting Pollinators
A new study has found that shade provided by solar panels increased the abundance of flowers under the panels and delayed the timing of...
This Wonder Tree is a Game-Changer for Rainforest Agriculture in Honduras And Deforested Sites Worldwide
There's a 'wonder tree' in Honduras that's acting as a game-changer—creating organic farming livelihoods, climate resistance, and hope to farmers in the Central American...
Paul McCartney is Helping People Grow Their Own Fruits and Vegetables in the UK for Better Health and Wellbeing
After a year in lockdown, growing fruits and vegetables at home has officially taken root—with more than half of adults cultivating their own produce...
The Sky Spectacle of the Year With Full Lunar Eclipse and Super Moon Coming This Week
May 26, a Wednesday—or 'Woden's Day' for you two or three pagans in the audience—will feature both a total lunar eclipse and a full...
Seaweed is the Food –and Fuel– of a Sustainable World, And it May Start in Australia
Australian scientists have been uncovering a near-unending list of ways kelp and other kinds of seaweed can help in the fight against climate change.
It's...
New Smart Farming Robot Unveiled That ‘Smokes’ Weeds With High-Powered Lasers For Healthy Weeding
Weeds compete for soil nutrients, water, space, and sunlight with the crops farmers grow to help feed people. Now a third-generation weeding robot, armed...
Sustainable Seagrass High in Omega-6 and Protein is Better Than Rice For This Master Chef
A three-Michelin-star chef in Spain has discovered that sea grass, a diminutive and little-loved marine plant, produces what is in effect, rice.
His adoption of...
Genetic Code from 5,700 Year-old ‘Chewing Gum’ Reveals Extraordinary Details of Young Danish Woman
A 5,700 year-old lump of pitch from a tree provided intriguing details to archaeologists about the intimate details of a Stone Age Danish woman—and...
Biodegradable Algae Solar Panels Clean The Air While Growing Green Energy
What can generate clean energy, biomass for fertilizers, convert CO2 into oxygen, and be used in space? Algae.
Pursuing this incredible organism's potential is young...
Hemp is Already Being Used in Walls and Insulation as a Game-Changer in Construction Industry
This article was written by Nate Berg for Ensia and has been re-printed with permission.
It has become almost a cliché to discuss the benefits...
This Week’s Inspiring Horoscopes From Rob Brezsny’s ‘Free Will Astrology’
Our friend Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly...
The Nation’s Largest Farmers Market: FarmMatch Allows You to Shop Online at Local Farms in Your Area
Max Kane was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease after years of eating the standard American diet high in salt, fat, and sugar. While it's not...
This City Created the Largest Free Food Forest in the Country, Where Anyone Can Pick Fruits and Veggies
There's a seven-acre farm in Atlanta where residents can walk into a forest, take a deep breath, and begin pulling crops right off the...
The First Farmer in the US to Sequester Carbon for Cash in Private Marketplace Earns $115,000 For His Planting Strategy
Scientists, farmers, the USDA, and governments, are rallying around an idea that will see tons of carbon pulled out of the atmosphere and put...
Dutch Design Artist Creates Lightshow in a Leek Field to Celebrate Farms and Enhance Plant Growth
Dutch designer and artist Daan Roosegaarde has turned a field of ordinary leeks into a dazzling light-show in celebration of the crops that feed...
Saudi Arabia is Building a Zero-Carbon City With No Cars or Pollution: ‘A new era of civilization’
Though not often a role model for social justice, freedom, or democracy, Saudi Arabia is delivering to the world a worthwhile example of future...
How Phoenix Feeds The Hungry With Fresh Food While Saving Local Businesses and Farms
Around the world, individuals have found all kinds of innovative ways to support each other during the coronavirus pandemic—but so have governments. In Arizona,...
Family Farm in Maine Couldn’t Make it After Restaurants Close – Until the Neighbors Showed Up
In 1996, organic farmers Ralph and Lisa Turner launched Laughing Stock Farm on one-fifth of an acre in Freeport, Maine. With trial and error...
UK Debuts Geothermal Plant Using Heat From the Earth to Power 10,000 Homes
In Cornwall, the UK's first-ever geothermal power plant has just put pen to paper on a 10-year deal to sell its supply of electricity...