How Gardening Will Phase Out The Welfare State August 26-2013 A recent study was conducted, state by state, of the monetary value of welfare benefits for a mother with two children. They found that in New York benefits would be around $38,000, the seventh highest in the nation. The study explains the comparison of such […]
The 1 Week Organic Fertilizer August 26-2013 “Fermented Organic Matter” is the English translation from its Japanese counterpart. It is commonly called as “Bokashi” or the “1 week organic fertilizer”. Bokashi refers to a fermented mixture of different kinds of organic matter with high Carbon and Nitrogen content incorporated with EM, molasses and water then […]
Turning Your Rice Wash into Fertilizer – EMRW August 26-2013 Filipinos looove to eat rice. We eat rice 3 times a day, 7 times a week. It is the staple food in the Philippines, and right now, you’ll probably have an idea how much rice wash we produce. Rice wash is basically water that is […]
South Africa: We Will Support Your Businesses to Create Jobs – Deputy Minister Thabethe Augsut 24-2013 The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Ms Elizabeth Thabethe urged residents of Mandeni in KwaZulu-Natal to establish enterprises, particularly cooperatives in order to create employment for themselves and eradicate poverty. Thabethe was speaking at an enterprise development and […]
How second-hand clothes kill business for Malawi’s tailors August 24-2013 About 10 tailors with old, noisy sewing machines stitch fabrics under the canopy of the shops in the old town of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, occasionally look up to reveal forlorn faces. Osman Kabere says he has been making suits since 1978, but gone are the […]
Itching to Plant Something? 6 Fast-Growing Vegetables For The Restless Gardener August 24-2013 Late summer is a transition time in the vegetable garden for northern hemisphere growers. Many spring-planted crops have petered out or maybe they are sulking in the heat, waiting for a bit of cool autumn weather to start producing again. If you’ve […]
Soda Linked to Aggression, Attention Problems, and Social Withdrawal in Young Children August 23-2013 Soda has already been blamed for making kids obese. New research blames the sugary drinks for behavioral problems in children too. Analyzing data from 2,929 families, researchers linked soda consumption to aggression, attention problems and social withdrawal in 5-year-olds. They published […]
APGMJA demands removal of ban on gold import August 23-2013 All Pakistan Gems Merchants and Jewellers Association (APGMJA) threatened to observe strike if the government did not lift ban from gold import. The gold and gems traders demanded of the government to review its decision to remove the restriction it recently imposed on import of […]
EPA’s ‘Ingenious’ Plan to Protect Bees from Pesticides: Print Some Stickers August 22-2013 In a ground breaking new move this month the EPA has figured out the ‘bee’ all end all solution to neonicotinoid pesticides and its deadly effects on bee populations. No they didn’t ban them or limit their use. Instead the EPA has […]
The 5 Best and 5 Worst Foods For Sleep August 21-2013 For many, the secret to getting a good night’s sleep comes down to two things–stress and diet. It’s important to not overload your digestive system two or less hours before you sleep. Including one or two of these sleep promoting foods will help to […]
Government Aids Big Oil In Confiscation Of Private Land For Fracking Pipelines August 21-2013 Manufactures Drill Pipe Elevators Same Day Quotes, Expedited Shipping In the quest for profits, nothing stands in the way of corporatocracy, not even your own private land. Federal and state governments have revised laws so that corporations can now use […]
Cricket Protein Bars Will Offer a Healthy and Sustainable Alternative August 21-2013 Philippines Detox Vacation Natural Way to Cleanse & Cure Exo, a Brooklyn-based company, is building a new kind of protein bar with a cricket-y twist. In addition to natural ingredients like raw cacao, dates, almond butter, and coconut, the nutrient-dense snack bars each […]
AGNR researchers discover huge health benefit in tiny, immature greens August 20-2013 Feeling a bit under the weather? Need a little pep in your step? A sprinkling of microgreens on your salad or soup might be just what you need. Researchers with the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR) and the […]
Science City Stores Warm Air from Summer to Heat Buildings in Winter August 19-2013 Humans are pretty temperature-sensitive creatures, which means we use a ton of power every year through heating and air-conditioning systems. But imagine if there were a way to save the summer’s hot air and use it to heat buildings throughout the winter. Sounds like […]
King Arthur Flour Bakes Up Solar Powered EV Charging August 19-2013 It is a story only Vermont could produce. King Arthur Flour, known as a founding B-Corp entity and heavily involved in sustainability, recently teamed up with Green Mountain Power, a local electricity utility that makes use of clean energy, to place a solar-powered electric vehicle station at the […]
Self-Sufficient Earthship Community Planned For Malawi August 19-2013 Tired of toxic homes and rampant consumption, we’re getting creative about where and how we live. Ideas about how to build a home, the materials that should be used, and how much space is actually needed, are changing. Although this “return to the homestead” is most obvious […]
Los Angeles Suspends Fines For Veggie Gardens Amid Food Crisis August 16-2013 The Los Angeles City Council gave its blessing Tuesday to neighborhood gardeners who want to plant vegetables on public parkways, voting to waive enforcement of a city law that makes the activity illegal. City law requires parkways — the area between a sidewalk […]
Modern Agriculture is Killing Humanity, Here is the Cure August 16-2013 The consensus in anthropology used to be that cities were possible because of agriculture, however this consensus is now shifting. Evidence has been found which indicates that cultures began to create idols out of certain people, deities, animals, etc. and started to construct monuments to […]
Bees ‘Betray’ their Flowers When Pollinator Species Decline August 15-2013 Remove even one bumblebee species from an ecosystem and the impact is swift and clear: Their floral “sweethearts” produce significantly fewer seeds, a new study finds. The study, to be published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, focused on the interactions between […]
Pioneer: Corn Earworm, Western Bean Cutworm Management Tips for August 15-2013 Corn earworms (CEW) are cannibalistic and normally only one will be found per ear. The pest is best identified by bright, variable color and a cuticle with an “unshaven” look. It will frequently be near the ear tip but may feed down the ear […]