While a lot of people tout the benefits of eating organic, there are few people who know why organic food is so good for you. They know that organic is the healthiest choice, but they don’t know why. Benefits of Organic Diet If you’re not convinced that eating organic food is the best choice […]
Read More »Pesticides have a two-fold impact. They are targeting one population of insects, for instance, but end up having an impact on an unintended recipient of their killing effect. This poses a particularly alarming impact on the bee population. But, Bees Are Everywhere! It might seem like you still see bees all over […]
Read More »It seems as though as a society we spray pesticides indiscriminately on plants that we think we don’t want, and unfortunately the pesticides don’t always end up where we intend them to. In essence, pesticides are meant to kill insects and other pests, but far too often the pesticide spray ends up going […]
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Soil erosion is one of the most important threats facing our planet today. Fertile soil is the delicate membrane upon which agriculture and the growth of all plant life on the face of the planet depend. This covering is today under threat due to the activities of man, as well as changing weather conditions. […]
Read More »Organic farming has been around since the beginning of time and is considerably the best way to farm to this date. This farming method involves growing crops and livestock without using any chemical pesticides, antibiotics, genetically modified organisms or growth hormones to increase harvest. This is the reason why organically produced foods are of the […]
Read More »Another important aspect of the future of agriculture include the replacing of fertiliser. Fertilisers will be improved to provide more nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus. These elements are essential for plants to build amino acids and cell walls. Scientists are now experimenting with naturally occurring microbes in order to produce effective fertilisers for future plants […]
Read More »The world has a real challenge to feed nine billion people by 2050. The land area is getting less and less. This is the real problem after all. But the scientist are working hard to create the second green revolution. But to feed nine billion people by 2050 is everyone’s problem. Maximising Land Area Intensive […]
Read More »Farming on an industrial basis has always been an intriguing concept, but it really got off to grand proportions in the early 2000s. Another name for such enterprises is concentrated feeding animal operations. This is as noted by the proliferation of feed lots for hogs and cattle that grew like mushrooms in the Midwest. […]
Read More »Cheaper Food One of the benefits of doing industrial farming is that you are able to sell your harvested products at a lot cheaper price. This is great opportunity for the consumers and buyers. It is because this means that less goes out of their pocket and they get to spend more on other […]
Read More »A lot of people really enjoy farming. But some of them do not even realize that there are many different styles of farming. There is actually no one standard style of farming. It really depends on what you are trying to make and distribute. In fact, there being just so many of them that […]
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