Articles, tagged with "food crops", page 5

Living off the Land

For some the phrase living off the land brings back an audio memory of a song from the 1970's; Dog Named Boo by Lobo. For others it means foraging and companionship farming. In the beginning of time all people lived off the land, hunting and gathering foo... Read >
Author: C.L. Hendricks

The Love Of Baseball In Japan

In latest existence, the arrival in the United States of players like Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui has enlightened Americans about the popularity of the sport in Japan. Nevertheless most Americans don't know that Japan has almost as long a baseball sto... Read >
Author: Jerald Shapiro

Varieties of rice

Rice is one of the most widely consumed food crops of the world. This cereal foodstuff provides nourishment to over half of the world's population. In fact, this staple food provides more than one fifth of the calories consumed worldwide by humans. India ... Read >
Author: Iqbal

Red, Amber and Greener Cars

For many years now there has been an increasing investment in the quest for greener cars. This has mainly focused on fuel and how we can find a cheaper and cleaner alternative to the tradition of petrol and diesel, as is currently used by hundreds of mill... Read >
Author: Daniel Collins

Eco Fashion Tips

Copyright (c) 2008 Virginia Ginsburg With more and more "Green" products entering the mainstream, it seems as if everyone is looking for ways to be more environmentally friendly. But what about fashion? Is it possible to be environmentally sensitive an... Read >
Author: Virginia Ginsburg

Organic Childrens Clothing

t has become a well-known fact that the vast majority of food crops are sprayed time and again with insect killers - but possibly fewer people value that the clothes we wear have led a likewise heavily treated life. Cotton is in actual fact the most stret... Read >
Author: Kaushik Mukherjee

Elimination of Animal Pests

Rodents like rats, squirrels and their ilk forms the largest group of animal pests. Birds like parrots and pigeons can also become serious pests if allowed to grow into greater strengths. Rats are the biggest enemies to the farmer. History is strewn ... Read >
Author: Leland Michael

Warrior Protected Storage

Ever wondered how storage units got started? Was it one day when a man had an empty garage thought, Oh, I am going to rent this to someone? Did a farmer have a big open field and thought, I will build some sheds on this and rent them out? However it got s... Read >
Author: royaltyuniverse

Where Exactly is Margaritaville?

By: Jim Scherrer Before deciding whether or not we want to retire to Margaritaville, we must ask, where in the world is Margaritaville? Where exactly was Jimmy Buffett when he got wasted away, searchin' for his lost shaker of salt? He was probably in M... Read >
Author: Jim Scherrer

Are alternative fuels on the road to a solution?

There are many innovative solutions to the current questions concerning high gasoline prices and greenhouse emissions. Crops grown especially for fuel. Ethanol made from corn has no harmful emissions it is made from a reusable resource, the US government ... Read >
Author: Pearth

Excess Oil Profits or Healthy Economies?

Market prices for petroleum are moving upwards. This movement can be stopped only when alternate liquid fuels will become available in large quantities. OPEC (Organization of Oil Exporting Countries) controls and sets global prices for petroleum. US ... Read >
Author: drklaus

Learn About a Brief History Of Landscape and Landscaping

Landscaping or shaping the landscape if you prefer refers to any process or activity that changes the features of a portion of land in a noticeable way, such as living elements of flora and fauna, landforms, such as ground shape and elevation or bodies of... Read >
Author: Paul Zayer

How Landowners Can Help With America's Bee Crisis.

As a home owner, or prospective home owner you can put your land/garden to good, environmentally friendly use in many ways. One way is to focus on bringing back the bees. Yes, the North American bee population has been on a serious decline. As the populat... Read >
Author: Greg Ellingson

Understanding technology Post-harvesting

When it comes to processing perishable crops, what is done to the crops the moment they are uprooted from the ground determines the final quality of the said crop, to a very large extent. As the name suggests, the act of processing the crop ( Dusting, sor... Read >
Author: Rajiv Singh

India Bans 3 Monsanto Genetically Modified Cotton

BANGALORE, India (AP)-India on Tuesday barred Monsanto Co. (MON) and its Indian partners from selling three varieties of genetically modified Cotton in a southern Indian state. The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, a federal regulator, refused to... Read >
Author: Rakesh P

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