Using Seawater to Farm in the Desert
The future of farming in much of the world could look like something out of science fiction. Sundrop farms in Australia has a farm up and running that produces food…
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From Fishing To Farming
It’s well known that the fishing industry is, err, fishy. Slaves are used in international waters by large multinational corporations and overfishing around the world is rampant – pushing many…
To Save Bees, Humans Need to Learn From the Past
Bees are having a hard time in the 21st century everything from radio waves to pesticides are messing with their honey creation. The poor creatures are also suffering from a…
Cuba Shows Off Its Biotech Industry
Cuba has an amazing farming system which is impressive from farm to fork. The way they grow crops to how they ensure that food distribution is effective is impressive to…
Detroit to Have the Largest Urban Farm in the USA
Detroit was once a great city, then the economic collapse of car-dominated industry in the city happened. Because of the prescence of Ford and GM in Detroit the city’s urban…
Improve Your Soil to Fight Climate Change
Suburbanization and poor land policy have done incredible damage to soil and food systems. It turns out that the damage down to the soil itself is a contributing factor to…
A Farm in a Bomb Shelter
Zero Carbon Food is a new company that has started a farm in downtown London. If that doesn’t sound strange enough, the farm is a in a bomb shelter. The…
Seoul Starts Vertical Farming
Vertical farming is a possible food production solution as suburban sprawl consumes arable land. The new style of farming essentially is a farm in a skyscraper; they have yet to…
Help Save The Icelandic Goat
Iceland is a beautiful country filled with beautiful life and sadly one of those lifeforms is threatened: the Icelandic goat. The goats have been on HBO’s Game of Thrones and…
LED Farms Could be the Growing Fields of the Future
As humans flock to cities and the surround them with suburban sprawl we have covered some of the most arable lands in concrete. This has caused problems of food security,…
Eat Less Meat and Save More Wildlife
Just reducing the amount of meat one has in their diet can have a positive impact on our food system, the planet, and wildlife. Take Extinction Off Your Plate is…
Food Tank is a Think Tank for Food
Food Tank is a new initiative to bring attention to the complexity of food systems. They aim to educate people about how foods gets from the ground to your table…
A GM & Pesticide Free Rice Growing Revolution
Rice farmers have been growing their crop in the same way for hundreds of years and most people have assumed the most efficient way to grow rice has been figured…
Soil Benefits from Organic Farming
The benefits of organic farming keep revealing themselves – it turns out that the soil itself benefits from farmers growing organic crops. “Farmers interested in transitioning to organic production will…
Monocle Looks at the Best Urban Farm Projects
Monocle recently took a look at some of the world’s best urban farming projects. Monocle’s favourite cities combine small-scale neighbourhoods with green spaces, but not all cities were built with…
Organic Farming is Better than Factory Farming for Carbon Capture
It turns out that not only is eating organic food better for you than processed foods, growing organic food is better for everyone. Organic farms (and likely home gardens) are…
The Model Laborer of 1848
On July 22 1848 beside stories of fighting in Paris and markets in England, the front page of The Globe featured this column. As I was reading I thought this…
David McGuinty Shows How Canada Is Changing Alberta
With Alberta's rise, in population and wealth, its power is said to be growing, however seeing the reaction to Liberal MP David McGuinty's recent comments it appears Ontario's influence is…
Young, Urban, and Farming in Rural Ontario
In Ontario women from the city are defying stereotypes and running farms. Once the purview of the stereotypical old white farmer who hates cow-tippers, now women raised in cities are…
Farming Could Save Detroit
Detroit has been hit hard by the ongoing economic claptrap that’s plaguing the global economy; the once-thriving oil-driven economy of the city is not fairing well. The city of Detroit…