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04/03/2018 / By Ralph Flores

What is the right amount of nitrogen in agriculture? Not enough contributes to hunger, too much damages the environment

Nitrogen is essential in crop production, but it comes with a caveat: Use too much of it, and you risk polluting the environment; use too little, and you risk limiting your crop yield. This was also the focus of an article that appeared in the journal Nutrient Cycling in Agrosystems. The paper, led by researchers from […]

03/29/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

More and more older Americans are experiencing food insecurity

When we see the statistics about overweight Americans and the huge portions of food that are now considered “normal,” it’s easy to forget that some people in this country are going hungry. In fact, food insecurity is a particularly big problem among older adults in the U.S., and it’s only expected to get worse. The […]

03/27/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Sustainable and easy to grow, jack fruit can help provide food independence to poor cultures

The jackfruit is in the middle of a renaissance. In recent years, it’s been hailed as one of the hottest food trends, it’s currently a wildly popular meat substitute, and in the future, it may very well be the answer to the looming food security crisis. While no one really knows where the jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) […]

11/22/2017 / By Russel Davis

How about a nutrition burger? Microalgae could be the next sustainable health food, according to new study

As the western diet continues to demand vast amounts of land and water for production, a team of researchers at the Tufts University in Boston and the University College London has looked at the potential of cultivating microalgae as a potential food source in the future. The researchers have cited data from the United Nations, which indicates that more […]

11/03/2017 / By Ethan Huff

How this couple earns a six figure annual income with 1.5 acres of land

Can small-scale farming in the modern age really generate enough income for the average family to make an honest living? For Jean-Martin Fortier and his wife, Maude-Hélène Desroches, it does. The Canadian couple grows beets, broccoli, salad greens, carrots, and various other types of produce on their modest 1.5 acres of land, from which they […]

10/19/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Your path towards Food Freedom: Simple and cheap home gardening innovations

Food freedom is a top concern for many people, whether they be natural health enthusiasts, environmentalists, or simply concerned about the hazards of “conventional” farming. There is no better way to beat the system than by growing your own food. Tending to a home garden comes with a wide array of benefits; not only can […]

08/10/2017 / By Russel Davis

Academics are trying to “normalize” eating insects by baking biscuits out of ground insect powder

A team of researchers at the Abertay University in Dundee, U.K. have created a cookie recipe made of cricket flour in hopes of attaining a more sustainable food source for the the world’s estimated population of nine billion people by 2050. In making the cookies, the research team used house crickets from Thailand that were finely-ground into flour. According to the […]

04/20/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Food scarcity study reveals that 2 billion people across the planet depend almost entirely on IMPORTED food for their survival

Nearly two billion people now depend on imported food for survival, a recent study found. As part of the study, researchers at the Aalto University in Finland pooled data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations to examine the effects of resource scarcity and population pressure on food production and subsequent importation. “Although this has been a […]

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