Category Archives: Food
Composting
Household garbage often contains a large amount of organic debris that contains stored energy. One of the easiest and most satisfying ecological practices is to compost your waste and produce valuable humus, the organic-rich component of soil that is rich … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Environment, Food, Gardening, Sustainability
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Industrial Agriculture
The American farm is not what it once was. Agriculture is now a commercial operation, not a family operation. On the modern industrial farm, monocultures (a single crop, usually corn) have replaced polycultures, and farm animals are often nowhere to … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Economics, Food, Future, Science, Sustainability
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