American Chemical Society Tomatoes are an important and popular crop, but the tasty ketchup, salsa and pasta sauce they yield comes at a price: overuse of chemical fertilizers. Now, researchers report in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry they have recruited a fungus to…
Read moreBy Kat Kerlin Spanning six years and seven seagrass meadows along the California coast, a paper published today from the University of California, Davis, is the most extensive study yet of how seagrasses can buffer ocean acidification. The study, published today in the journal Global…
Read moreBy Neenah Payne Amid the turbulence of the last year, as well as subsequent “solutions” we’ve been offered from central planners, all signs point to a rising number of individuals from all walks of life taking matters into their own hands to find self-sufficiency and…
Read moreBy Neil Clarke, Coventry University Coffee, green tea and other caffeinated drinks are a popular way to start the morning. Not only does it give many people a much-needed boost, but caffeine can also help when it comes to fitness. Studies show it can help…
Read moreBy Kirsten Dirksen In the early ’90s, Mark and Jen Shepard bought a degraded corn farm in Viola, Wisconsin, and began to slowly convert it from row-crops back to a native oak savanna that would become one of the most productive perennial farms in the…
Read moreOp-Ed by Neenah Payne Most people recognize that the world is in very serious trouble in multiple ways — the global economy is increasingly at risk, the world’s rainforests are being destroyed as are our soils which undermines the health of our plants and animals…
Read moreBy Tyler Durden Vaccination passports are being called the new “golden ticket” needed for global travel – and the hospitality industries that benefit – now that the recovery is on its way. Countries like Greece, who get a sizeable share of their country’s GDP from…
Read moreBy The Ice Age Farmer As USDA confirms frozen meat stocks are plummeting, Dutch farmers are selling “pig rights” for the hefty sum of €700k. But what are “pig rights?” Christian explains how traditional ranching is actually being criminalized as part of the push to…
Read moreBy Josh Anusewicz Efforts to shift from petrochemical plastics to renewable and biodegradable plastics have proven tricky—the production process can require toxic chemicals and is expensive, and the mechanical strength and water stability is often insufficient. But researchers have made a breakthrough, using wood byproducts,…
Read moreBy Matthew Jones, University of Bath and Jack Payne, University of Bath It’s impossible to imagine everyday life without plastics. Lightweight, durable and cheap, these materials outperform many others in a diverse range of applications. Plastics have brought about positive change in ways we often…
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