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Ain’t no sunshine on these farms: Why vertical gardens could be the future of food production
By Doloresz Katanich with AFP • Updated: 27/07/2021 Producing locally-grown greens all year round can be done without soil or sunshine, as vertical farms across Europe are showing. One of the largest shows why you should never judge a book by its cover. What looks...
Copenhagen will plant fruit trees across the city
Citizens and tourists can collect blackberries, blueberries and apples for free By Piera Vincenti - January 23, 2020 Municipal fruit trees where everyone can harvest blueberries, blackberries and apples for free. The idea is being developed in Copenhagen, where...
Regrow Your Food From Kitchen Scraps
Spring onions. This is my favorite vegetable to regrow. It’s possible that you may never have to buy spring onions again! Just put the whole bunch in water. Cut off what you need but leave the base and they will regrow. My daughter gave me a cute onion vase. I...
Ginger is a plant that originated from Southeast Asia. Undoubtedly, it is one of the healthiest spices that exist. Scientifically, it belongs to the Zingiberaceae family, which is closely related to cardamom, galangal, and turmeric. The underground part of the...
JOSHUA TREE – STRANGE DESERT PLANT
First of all, the Joshua Tree is not a tree, although it does look like somewhat like one. It is a plant in the Yucca family. It is most common in California and Arizona but is also found in Nevada, Utah, Mexico and the Caribbean. Early Mormon settlers named the...
Rare Black Diamond Apple
The Albanian farmer from Dibra Zija Keshi experimented with the cultivation of Black Diamond apple in May of this year by cultivating just 10 seedlings. The experiment of Keshi with the culmination of the unique Black Diamond Apple has proved successful by bearing...
Atlanta creates the nation’s largest free food forest with hopes of addressing food insecurity
When a dormant pecan farm in the neighborhoods of South Atlanta closed, the land was soon rezoned and earmarked to become townhouses. But when the townhouses never came to fruition and with the lot remaining in foreclosure, the Conservation Fund bought it in 2016 to...
What Is Black Seed Oil? All You Need to Know
Black seed oil contains thymoquinone, which is an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compound that may also have tumor-reducing properties.
Hemp Is an Important Choice for Sustainable Business and Products
The acceptance of hemp and allowing it to be grown legally is an important step in the utilization of this highly sustainable crop. What makes Hemp such a desirable crop is that it consumes 4 times as much CO2 as trees do. It has a short growing cycle of 12 to 14...
Herbs, Vegetables & Plants To Grow In Water
The use of medicinal plants has always been a solution in our preventive care as well as curative traditional care systems all over the world. To be able to grow several of these herbs indoors with the convenience of having fresh herbs without any worries of...