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04/16/2018 / By Jessica Dolores

Yummier and juicier: Using natural fertilizers increases fruit yield and size

Do you want your farm or garden-grown fruits to become yummier and juicier? Use organic fertilizer, not chemical-based ones. A field experiment in a south farm in Vanavarayar Institute of Agriculture, Manakkadavu, Pollachi, Tamil Nadu in India showed that using acid lime as fertilizer resulted in the highest harvest of fruits per tree. Panchakavya, an […]

11/25/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Can we feed the world organically? With some changes to the system, researchers say yes

It’s hard to find fault with consuming organic food, but those who are against it for whatever reason – like synthetic pesticide manufacturers – often claim it is not sustainable and would require too much land to pull off. Now, new research shows just how flawed that particular argument is. Indeed, a worldwide conversion to […]

08/24/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Scientists think they just invented “multifunctional polyculture” food farms, but it’s been around forever as “food forests” and “permaculture”

University of Illinois researchers have announced that they have discovered a way to design a landscape that can provide people with a range of nutritious foods while earning a profit. Of course, this “news” is hardly surprising to anyone who is familiar with the concepts of food forests or permaculture. Department of Crop Sciences Agroecologist […]

05/03/2017 / By Mike Adams

Health Ranger video explains abundance of wild foods that appear when you stop POISONING the land

Welcome to the Health Ranger Ranch in Texas! This short video shows you my grazing goats as I discuss wild foods. Over the last two weeks, I harvested over 25 pounds of wild berries. Why does my ranch have so many wild berries? Because I never spray pesticides or herbicides on anything. Common weed killer […]

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