Tag: agriculture
Famous tree-lined French Canal du Midi in danger of losing all its trees
The 42,000 plane trees lining France's historic Canal du Midi are being felled because of a fungus brought to Europe by US soldiers in World War II. Will the planes that decorate the streets of cities such as Paris and London share the same fate? ...
Boston man launches urban composting program
Andy Brook couldn't find a job so he created his own — and he's helping his neighbors too. He created an urban composting program to help city dwellers compost their food waste....
Farmers and miners clash in Australia
The booming mining industry in Australia is encroaching on the farming industry, which has been till now, deeply rooted in the country's culture....
Farmer says hiring American workers a big mistake
John Harold hired jobless Americans to help on his farm, and says they proved to be less reliable and less willing to perform the hard work than foreign workers....
Factory farms may be breeding drug-resistant bacteria
Overuse of antibiotics on animals is leading to fears that factory farms are creating drug-resistant pathogens, like the staph infection, MRSA....
Ancient Incan agriculture revived due to climate change
Ancient Andean crops and farming methods are revived as Peruvians struggle to deal with the effects of climate change....
Skyscraper greenhouses could be farms of future
Vertical farms could help solve environmental problems associated with agriculture in order to make cities more sustainable....
Fish farming may be answer to depleted oceans
Fish populations are so depleted that when today's children are adults, there may be no fish left to eat....
China's pollution-fighting farm
An innovative project uses a hydroponic vegetable farm to clean up China's Dianchi Lake....
Land grab in Africa by global hedge funds, American universities
Global hedge funds are buying up huge tracts of land in Africa, hoping to make money off the commodity and food trade, and prominent US universities are taking part....
