All posts tagged with agriculture
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-(Natural News) Now that the 2018 Farm Bill has legalized the cultivation of hemp, farmers want to know the best ways to grow the crop. Researchers at land grant universities share what they have learned from their experiments while acknowledging they still have much to learn and re-learn about hemp farming. Hemp previously saw widespread cultivation in […]
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-(Natural News) Recent research published in the American Society of Agronomy evaluated the effect of changing agricultural methods to the water quality of a lake in southwestern Ohio. The study aimed to determine if switching cultivation methods could improve water quality. For a decade, researchers analyzed samples from Action Lake and measured the levels of […]
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-(Natural News) Researchers found a possible method of evaluating the state of an environment. By analyzing the concentrations of nutrients stored in the leaves of locally found plants, they might get an accurate picture of the overall health of the local ecological systems. Known for hosting the photosynthetic process that provides plants with food and energy, […]
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-(Natural News) Scientists from the Punjab Agricultural University in India found that organic fertilizer can greatly improve soil health. In their study, which was published in the Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, they noted that the organic amendments, aside from being easily decomposable, can help microbes with carbon sequestration in highly saline soils and effectively […]
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-(Natural News) In the African island of Madagascar, bats leave their tropical rainforest and descend upon the ricefields cultivated by human farmers to devour plant-eating insect pests. Their organic pest control service may help persuade locals to preserve the forests instead of razing them. Every year, humans cut down one percent of Madagascar’s rainforest cover. They cultivate the cleared land to […]
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-(Natural News) Have you joined the “walk for dementia’s cure” group yet? What color ribbon should you wear for that, and to exactly which rich “administrative” executive will you donate your hard-earned money? Maybe you already joined, but forgot. That’s completely possible, given that you’re probably consuming deadly pesticides all day, and the cumulative effect […]
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-(Natural News) Have you ever thought about where tomatoes come from? A quick internet search might tell you that they’ve been around since the time of the Aztecs, who ate them in ancient Mesoamerica as far back as 700 A.D. But that’s not what Swiss agrochemical giant company Syngenta would like people to believe. In […]
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-(Natural News) People have long used medicinal plants to treat various diseases. Researchers from the University of Pretoria in South Africa, however, found an interesting application for these benefits. In their article, which appeared in the journal Animal Production Science, the team suggested using these plants to reduce methane production, as well as subsequent emission, […]
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Face masks found to protect hog farm workers (and their families) from drug-resistant staph bacteria
-(Natural News) Hog farm workers face many challenges at work. The laundry list of occupational hazards they have to deal with every day at work is diverse. That list ranges from simple needle stick injuries to long-term respiratory health problems. One of the more significant threats to hog farmers is staph infection — an often […] -
-(Natural News) As a good prepper, keeping your garden soil weed-free ensures that your crops grow healthy and strong. If you don’t want to use pesticides with harmful chemicals, you can protect your plants using natural weed-killing methods like mulching or vinegar. (h/t to HomesteadSurvivalSite.com) The natural methods detailed below can prevent weeds from taking over […]
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