Tag: sustainable farming

The Pope supports pulses

Pulses can change the world for good. They are a good source of protein and are the most sustainable form of protein humans can produce. To mark World Pulses Day, the United Nations hosted a virtual event, where the Pope endorsed pulses. 

Getting cadmium out of my chocolate through the roots

Simran Sethi is a writer and activist who writes about protecting food we love like chocolate and wine. Scientists too are working to food we love safer through more sustainable agricultural practices.

Model Mediterranean Diet vs. modernity – which will win?

The region known for one of the healthiest diets on earth is moving away from ancient habits proven ideal for human...

Use heroin? Fund Terror

There are many ways to fund terror, and one way is by consuming opium or heroin

Morflora’s Plant “Vaccine” Boosts Food Production Without Using GMOs

A new seed treatment could stop the use and need for GMOs. Even though organic agriculture and sustainable farming practices...

African Land Grab Continues – Middle East Is Major Buyer

According to the Worldwatch Institute's latest report on land grab, the oil-rich Gulf nations are big buyers of foreign...

Cheap Olive Oil Threatens to Destroy Middle East Growers and Suppliers

Can there be ways to protect olive oil prices and the sustainable ways of olive farming in the Middle...

Traditional Palestinian Farming Spurs Rare Plant Boom

Age-old agricultural techniques in the West Bank help conserve rare plants that might otherwise have perished, according to the...

SpiderNet’s Artificial Spider Web Protects Crops from Tiny Pests

What would Charlotte the spider think of this man-made SpiderNet? An Israeli made artificial spider web made to protect...

Syria’s Seeds Are Locked Away in Norway, But Are Seed Vaults Safe?

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault locked safe away in Norway has once again opened its steel doors welcoming 25,000...

How Pink LEDs Grow Future Food with 90% Less Water

10,000 years after inventing agriculture, will we 7 billion take this strange next step?

Permaculture Is the Silver-Green Bullet (INTERVIEW)

Jordanian Nadia Lawton, a permaculture teacher tells Green Prophet why she believes permaculture could be the region's silver green...