Putting a price on clean water and soil fertility helps the UN set ecological restoration targets for degraded and deforested land. Forests provide essential ecosystem services for people, including timber, food and water. For those struggling with the after-effects of deforestation, the main hope lies in rebuilding forest resources through ecological restoration ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140407122524.ht
The average person sends hundreds of pounds of food waste each year to the landfill, which could instead be composted to build healthy soil. This little unit promises to make that composting process much simpler ...
http://www.treehugger.com/green-home/countertop-composter-claims-it-ca
This flat pack, do-it-yourself version of a chicken has a lot of features, but can it help raise happy chickens on a city balcony ...
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/flat-pack-urban-c
Graziers have discovered an unlikely guardian for their flocks, which are under growing threat from wild dogsGabrielle Cha ...
http://www.theguardian.com/news/bush-mail/2014/mar/13/sheep-farmers-fi
Found only in one single river valley in southeast Australia, these rare, giant earthworms grow large and live long ...
http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/nature-blows-mind-worlds-la
Walking through the wide expanse of nurtured and cultivated vegetable beds – a seemingly endless array of broccoli, an almond tree, lemons hanging from struggling branches, among others – one cannot help but wonder if Acta Non Verba Farm is a hidden away oasis in the midst of decades-old disrepair and intransigence.Kelly Carlisle doesn’t call herself a miracle worker, a do-gooder or even an agent of change. She calls herself a farmer ...
http://www.good.is/posts/the-fact-that-i-call-myself-a-farmer-is-highl
Global farmers could get better decision-making help as refinements are made to North Alabama soil moisture modeling research being done by an atmospheric science doctoral student. The models, using satellite data, indicate how much added moisture would be needed in a given area versus historical data to achieve various crop yields, and they could aid in making expensive infrastructure investments by helping to determine their economic viability ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140305084408.ht
As glaciers melt at record speeds due to climate change, some (often questionable) startups are beginning to harvest the melting freshwater, bottle it up, and ship it off to distant grocery store shelves. But then there are ideas like this one: Why not use the nutrient-rich water to help grow local food for Greenland, which currently ships in almost all of its produce from overseas ...
http://www.good.is/posts/this-giant-floating-farm-uses-melting-iceberg
Could strategically-placed rock walls help to re-green the desert ...
http://www.treehugger.com/resilience/how-reverse-desertification-rocks
"Growing Cities" is an inspiring new film that explores urban farming in America. You'll want to dig up your lawn after watching this ...
http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/grow-some-food-grow-wherever-you-
This neat design includes raised gardening beds, a composting bin and a chicken coop that can be arranged in various configurations ...
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/studio-segers-mod
Wednesday, February 05, 2014—The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) applauds the passage Tuesday of the Energy Title and the Rural Energy Savings Program as part of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (the Farm Bill). This represents a great victory for the production of clean energy on American farms and for the advancement of a clean energy economy. It is also a major milestone for EESI’s long-standing and ongoing efforts in these policy ...
http://solarthermalmagazine.com/2014/02/12/victory-clean-energy-farm-b
The U.S. Congress finally passed the bill that will set agricultural policy for the next 5 years. Here are the big take-aways ...
http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/3-things-you-need-know-
"If we can do it here, we can do it anywhere," says Geoff Lawton. So let's get started ...
http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/growing-oasis-desert-and-bananas
It's not just about the pesticides. It's about supporting a philosophy that cares for the Earth ...
http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/defense-organic-agriculture.htm
José Pizarro Montoya from Santigua, Chile, has won a landmark case against Monsanto for breach of contract ...
http://www.good.is/posts/landless-chilean-farmer-wins-lawsuit-against-
This DIY project lets you give your plants a boost with some extra light even during the dark winter days. A simple version can be made in just 10 minutes ...
http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/gadgets/make-solar-powered-24-hou
Studies conducted in an organic lettuce field managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) indicate that there's more to sweet alyssum than just good looks. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) horticulturist Eric Brennan has identified ways to improve how the pretty white flowers control aphid pests that prey on lettuce leaves. ARS is USDA's chief intramural scientific research agency ...
Green business opportunities abound in permaculture design, urban farming, and local food production, whether it’s producing veggies and fruit in your backyard (or leasing the yards of others) or turning local produce into value-added products or helping others convert their yards into food forests.If you’ve got a green thumb, love working outdoors, want to turn others on to permaculture design and principles, and enjoy turning an empty lot into ...
http://feeds.importantmedia.org/~r/IM-ecopreneurist/~3/y1YWuJMhg_0
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