Archive for the ‘Agriculture’ Category

• Organic Container Gardening 101

  Photo credit: thomas pix Growing your own food is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint, guarantee food safety and quality, and save money in the process. But if you’re short on time and space, containers are an easy …

• 5 Reasons Why Pesticides are Bad

  At this point, most people are at least somewhat aware that pesticides cause a great deal of environmental harm. Less well known are the effects pesticides have on individual and public health. Here, I give you 5 compelling reasons to …

• The New Generation of Hemp

  Photo credit: Uncleweed The day has finally come for industrial hemp. Hemp products are reaching mainstream markets and becoming more and more popular. However, although hemp crops have been around for literally thousands of years, the benefits of this important …

• 1 kilo meat = 15 000 litres of water

  Did you know that it takes 15 000 litres of water to produce one kilo meat from an animal who is being feed with grains. 150 litres of water is needed to produce one kilo of grains.