How Growers Are Adapting to Rising Seas and Salty Soils
Salty Soils: Sea levels are rising, and farmers and researchers are finding “salty” solutions. As global warming accelerates and the ice caps melt, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists predict that sea levels along the East Coast of North America will rise a foot by 2050 [1]. Encroaching Salty Soils It’s already happening. In […]
Study Finds Climate Change Will Expand Globe’s Agricultural Land
Living in the Canadian province of Quebec, I’ve dreamed of having a longer outdoor growing season. Like many places, our summers are beautiful here, but far too short. A new study says I might one day get my wish, but that’s not necessarily a good thing. Published in the journal PLOS ONE, the findings suggest […]
Produce Stickers Not Welcome In The Compost Heap
Hands up if you’re guilty of occasionally forgetting to peel the stickers off of some of the leftover produce you throw into the compost bin. Think lemon rinds, banana, and avocado peels. It happens, but we all need to be making stronger efforts to make sure it doesn’t. It’s A Big Problem Food waste is […]
An Urgent Call For Action In Australia As Fires Rage On
Almost 400 scientists are making a desperate plea to politicians in Australia. They’re begging the government to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the country and abroad too. The urgent call comes as devastating bushfires continue to tear through Australia. A changing climate and extreme drought conditions have made controlling the blazes nearly impossible. ‘Tragic’ […]
Garden Strategies to Cope with Drought – Part 1
Australia. It’s hot, bone dry, smokey, and windy across much of this country. Drought and fires have devastated communities with no respite on the horizon. It’s not that these conditions are unexpected, but when all these harsh weather factors occur at once or in succession, the stress and impacts are catastrophic. The prolonged drought conditions […]
Regenerative is the New Sustainable
What do you think; are we doing our humanity justice? For everything that humanity has going for it, do you think we could be doing a better job? In some ways, we are not smart enough, but in others, we’re too smart for our own good. In so many situations, we are amazing at […]
Millions Take Part In Global Climate Strikes
What are you doing on Friday? Millions of young people around the world are begging for their futures, and they’re asking us all to help them. It’s a historic call for action as the terrifying realities of global warming set it. Disrupt Business As Usual We are all being urged to disrupt business as usual […]
Study Finds CO2 Emissions Are Dropping In 18 Countries
With so many worrisome reports about climate change, there’s finally some half-decent news where the environment is concerned. A study has found CO2 emissions have dropped in 18 countries that have strong policies. The research appears in the journal Nature Climate Change. It reveals that countries moving away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy […]
Christmas Tree Shortage Has Prices Skyrocketing
It looks like the trends of living greener and eating cleaner are finding a place in the holiday season. Environmentally conscious millennials are giving Christmas tree farmers a much-needed boost by choosing to buy natural and locally grown trees. That’s according to recent data released by the National Christmas Tree Association (NCTA) and Square Inc. […]
GMO Breeding Reduces Crop Adaptability
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.83″] A private GMO corn study reveals that high yield “breeding” is messing up the crop’s ability to adapt to environmental stress and change. Not surprising. They use a very limited gene pool suited to the desired result; ever-increasing yields. However, as many a farmer and gardener knows, there’s a limit to […]
Sustainable City Food Systems Pact
Urban agriculture is a major part of a growing sustainable city food systems movement, one that is spreading at an amazing speed. It’s not just because locally grown food is a trend embraced by more affluent urbanites, and discerning chefs. Urban farming has also proven to create economy, and healthy food options where neither was […]
Climate Change Predicted 200 Years Ago
Okay, that’s exaggerated a tad. Technically, it’s only been 171 years – but the causes of climate change were studied and noted earlier than that. Since the conclusions were not published until 1844, we’ll have to go with the official date of the predictions. It’s most unfortunate that no one was paying much attention. They were far […]
8 Times More Trees
The new guestimate is that there are over 3 trillion trees on Earth. You think they counted them all? Who would fund that kind of project? Granted this is far better than 400 billion trees left standing, but it’s really nothing to get overly excited about. It’s not enough trees, and very few of them […]
Correcting Climate Naturally
We don’t need technology to reverse climate change. That will only help big business. We don’t need carbon taxes or credits to reduce the harmful amount of carbon or CO2 in the air. Science has discovered a direct connection between degraded soils from traditional farming and weather extremes a.k.a. climate change. About 25% of the carbon […]