All posts tagged with crops
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-(Natural News) Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are a tuberous crop that comes in a variety of colors, from purple to red to pale yellow and white. These tubers are a rich source of complex carbohydrates like starch and fiber, and minerals like calcium, phosphorus, sodium, potassium and magnesium. A single serving of sweet potatoes can also provide […]
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-(Natural News) As the clown circus of American politics continues to dominate the headlines, hundreds of thousands of Midwesterners are without power, and at least 10 million acres of food crops in Iowa alone have been destroyed, thanks to the devastation caused by the “Great Derecho.” This massive storm, which swept across Iowa and Illinois […]
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-(Natural News) Communist China is facing a food crisis like perhaps never before, thanks to a barrage of natural disasters that just will not relent. While some areas of the country are being drenched with rain, others are dealing with extreme drought conditions. Then there are the locusts and armyworms, which are destroying what remains. […]
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-(Natural News) Growing your own food gives you access to fresh fruits and vegetables – something that is invaluable post-SHTF. Knowing how to store seeds properly ensures that you’re always ready for the next planting season. To the untrained eye, dry and brittle seeds may seem useless. However, gardeners know that vegetable seeds are key […]
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-(Natural News) Watching a child grow is seeing carbon dioxide in action. Plants turn CO2 into the food we eat to live and grow on. “You can’t live on air” is a common saying but that is just what we do; we live on air and water. (Article by David Wojick republished from CFACT.org) Few […]
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-(Natural News) BREWSTER, Wash. — In the summer months, this tiny community on the shores of the Columbia River becomes the heart of America’s apple industry, ripe fruit weighing down branches in the surrounding orchards before they’re loaded onto trains and shipped around the world. (Article by Reid Wilson republished from TheHill.com) Hundreds of migrants […]
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-(Natural News) Richardson International, the largest agribusiness company in Canada, has announced that it will no longer be accepting any oat crops from companies that spray their pre-harvest crops with glyphosate as a desiccant. Starting in January 2021, Richardson will be tightly regulating which oats it accepts to ensure that tainted oats, like the kind […]
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-(Natural News) As a home gardener, it’s important to know how to save seeds so you don’t have to rely on buying seeds when SHTF. This also ensures that you always have enough seeds for the next planting season or for trading with fellow gardeners. (h/t to Attainable-Sustainable.net) Seed saving techniques may vary depending on the […]
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-(Natural News) They say we need them to grow enough food for everyone on the planet. But the irony is that continuing to use them is actually killing off the bees and other pollinators we absolutely need to even grow food at all. Pesticides are what we’re talking about, here, and new research out of […]
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Saudi Arabia poisoned 10,000 camels with pesticides in effort to protect crops from swarming locusts
-(Natural News) Twitter is abuzz with disturbing reports out of Saudi Arabia about how government efforts to protect food crops against the ongoing locust invasion has led to the sickness of at least 10,000 camels. One Twitter user wrote that the pesticides Saudi Arabia is spraying on local agriculture is apparently so powerful that when […]
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