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Boston Design Center to Get 55,000 Square Foot Rooftop Farm
While it may seem as if most of Boston's rooftops are solely reserved for illegal barbecuing and debauchery in the summer months, one roof and two environmental scientists with dee...
Ashitaba: Tomorrow’s Leaf, Today
The Japanese know a good thing when they see it. Since ancient times, food foragers in the southern Japanese islands gathered a particular woodland plant for food and medicine known for its regenerative properties.
The ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ has sparked protests from both the far right and the far left since it was revealed last month. We’ve compiled a timeline.
Getting Dirty with Online Farmer Dating
Sisters Lucy and Emma Reeves, born and raised on English country farms, started a dating website for ‘anybody who doesn’t mind a bit of mud.’
The (Surprisingly New) Science of Soil
Want to enrage a soil scientist? Call it “dirt.”
Farming is incredibly difficult and often dangerous work. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, close to 500 farmers and farmworkers lost their lives in 2010...
China’s Agricultural Revolution
Fifty years ago, China’s most pressing problem was how to feed its people. Now, the big worry is whether its food will make people sick.
Chilihead fanatics are locked in a race to cultivate the world’s hottest pepper.
Map: Who’s Living Off the Grid?
Inspired by permaculture ideas and instigated by the reality of peak oil and global warming, two Brits established the Transition Network in 2005 to help individuals “transition” away from fossil fuel-dependent systems.
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