It’s no exaggeration to say that our food eating habits are the biggest long term threat to the environment. In the wake of the depressing news that the Brazilian government has just passed a bill to destroy up to 860,000…
World hunger and biodiversity loss could be solved by the empowerment of women around the world
BY: DUSTIN BATTY The education and empowerment of women around the world is a crucial step towards a better and brighter future. It promotes equality, combats societally encouraged oppression, and vastly improves a nation’s economic and developmental potential. A recent…
Food forests are helping these Native American reservations eat healthier
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS Centuries ago, Native American and First Nation tribes ranged far and wide across the continent, hunting animals such as bison, deer, buffalo, fish, and gathering crops like sweet potatoes and maize. But as Native American reservations…
These Kentucky farmers are growing and harvesting hemp more than ever before
BY: QUENTIN STUCKEY It’s high time (pun intended) that the global and legal scrutiny of cannabis comes to an effective end. Like so many things, we are conditioned to fear what we do not fully understand. At this point though, it…
GMO Plant In Argentina Is Being Dismantled Thanks To Protestors
From the French Revolution in the eighteenth century, the March On Washington in the twentieth century to the current Dakota Access Pipeline protests in the twenty first century, the power of individuals standing up for what they believe in has…
This is the greatest man you’ve never heard of
Norman Borlaug is the greatest man you’ve never heard of. Winner of a Nobel Peace Prize, Borlaug completely changed the agricultural industry. Originally commencing his studies at the University of Minnesota with a strong interest in wrestling, he soon developed an enthusiasm for plant…
Idealistic young farmers are using small-scale organic farms to save the dying agriculture industry.
BY: JONATHAN MOSS Photo: © Eva Verbeeck Eating engages every mouth. Food connects us all. What we let enter our bodies is the most intimate choice we make, yet city dwellers are often disconnected from their food sources; from growth…
Moss-growing concrete absorbs CO2, insulates and is also a vertical garden
BY: SWIKAR OLI Sustainability has always been a game of catch up. The current energy production and construction trends mean that sustainability researchers have to come up with clever ways to lower emissions. Researchers at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)…
Gorgeous vertical farm lets city-dwellers become self-sustaining gardeners
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Living in a small space often means sacrificing the garden. Without access to a backyard, or sometimes any outdoor space at all, such as a balcony, growing your own fruits and veggies isn’t an option. Even those…
‘Agrihoods’ combine suburban life with rural benefits
BY: SWIKAR OLI In a verdant living community, thousands of families share large acreages of farmland full of berries, artichokes and heirloom vegetables. People of all ages can walk around the fields to pluck what catches their eye. By the farm,…
Now you can help plant trees while sitting on your ass
BY: LISA CUMMING Tree planting is no picnic. The hours are long and the work is quite literally backbreaking. Unfortunately since the early 2000s, wages earned from tree planting have been dropping rapidly. This drop could be attributed to anything…
It is now legal in L.A. to grow your own fruit and veggies on city land
BY: KAROUN CHAHINIAN We’re living in a fast food apocalypse. Considering you need to make a down payment on a salad these days due to high fruit and vegetable prices, getting a fast and cheap burger for lunch has become…
How we can all do our bit to save the orangutan from extinction
By: Jack M. The orangutan lives exclusively in Indonesia and Malaysia, and according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, this magnificent animal has been categorized as critically endangered, which means it faces a very high risk of extinction.…
This man grew an entire church out of trees to create a holy green oasis
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA After years of traveling abroad and observing a multitude of churches, Barry Cox was inspired to build one of his own. Using his New Zealand backyard as the canvas, he began to create a church full…
This activist is fighting the decline of the honey bee with explosive city street art
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Louis Masai hates the label “street artist.” In fact he rejects any label or stereotype that corners him into a specific category. He doesn’t see himself as an activist either. Mainly, he just wants to include everyone…
A deserted lot in Wyoming will become one of America’s first vertical farms
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Long and bitter winters can mean many things: depression, fatigue and grumpiness to name a few. But months of heavy snow are also a downer for agriculture– often forcing winter-heavy cities to import their fruits and veggies…
Why most of our world’s food crops are becoming extinct
BY: LAURA ROJAS A disturbing study conducted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) back in 1999 revealed that since the 1900s, 75% of agricultural crops have been lost, spiking a decline in plant variety and putting at risk…
The Drone Economy Is Coming And Canada Is Heading The Flock
BY: KELSEY ROLFE Jason Toth spent five days in early October working from a large skiff off the picturesque northeastern coast of Vancouver Island, using a custom-built drone to capture video footage of British Columbia’s waterfalls, mountains, sea lions, salmon,…