Category Archives: agriculture

the practice of cultivating the land to grow food; archaeologists use the advent of agriculture to mark the beginning of civilization.

The Sharvelle System

2010-8-31 – 1:13 pm

In arid regions there’s a financial motivation to conserve water. The Sharvelle System use much less water than conventional anaerobic digesters.

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Putting the CAFO Out to Pasture

2010-7-17 – 8:27 pm

Got your Club for Growth Zombie Identification Guide handy?

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Corn Oil Up

2010-6-27 – 12:21 pm

It’s the BP way

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Use of a GCIM (Global Climate Impact Model)

2010-5-22 – 6:57 pm

Feeding the energy crop Miscanthus × giganteus to IMOGEN

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Shenyang to have the most poop power?

2010-5-7 – 5:42 pm

“G.E.”
“Yep.”

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One Pot Process

2010-5-4 – 2:10 pm

And, here I thought furans, like dioxins, were something to avoid producing because they are toxic and possibly carcinogenic.

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Warmer-than-Normal, Drier-than-Normal in March

2010-4-10 – 10:32 am

While the Northeast was above-normal in precipitation (read: flooding), much of the interior United States was below-normal. All other regions were near normal.

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Let’s Talk Corn

2010-3-28 – 5:30 pm

The yield from a federally subsidized corn crop: low-quality meat, a diet filled with a harmful sweetener, a shoddy alternative car fuel, and an agrarian crisis.

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DIRT! THE MOVIE

2010-3-17 – 3:09 pm

Soil science has much in common with climatology. There are severe consequences when we humans ignore, abuse, and destroy this precious living natural resource.

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Spring 2010 Flood Risk

2010-3-17 – 1:14 pm

“We are looking at potentially historic flooding in some parts of the country this spring.”

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