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

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

Putting the CAFO Out to Pasture

Got your Club for Growth Zombie Identification Guide handy?

Corn Oil Up

It’s the BP way

Use of a GCIM (Global Climate Impact Model)

Feeding the energy crop Miscanthus × giganteus to IMOGEN

Shenyang to have the most poop power?

“G.E.”
“Yep.”

One Pot Process

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

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

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.

Let’s Talk Corn

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.

DIRT! THE MOVIE

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

Spring 2010 Flood Risk

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

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