Tag: sustainble agriculture

Hungry Persian Gulf States Look to Mycorrhiza Fungus to Grow Crops in Desert

Bring in the mycorrhiza fungi to help crops grow in the desert, suggests new study for the Middle East....

Agrotop's Green Henhouse Hotel For Humane Poultry That Matches EU Standards

Chickens won't cluck at this: Aside from making life more comfortable for the hens, Agrotop's henhouse incorporates wind and...

Order Negev Nectars’ Sustainable Milk and Honey CSA Box in America

Negev farmer Doron Akiva, grows organic olives for Negev Nectars. His piece of land has reputedly been farmed since...

Israeli-American Entrepeneur Noah Dan Sells Sustainable Pitango Gelato in Washington DC

Noah Dan has not forgotten the tastes of his childhood.  He remembers eating brara, the fruits and vegetables bursting...

Afghan Opium Growers Get Burned Out

Afghan farmers get "burned out" as government tows to US pressure. But for poppy farmers, it's poppies or starvation....

Agri Projects Offers Liquid Know-How To India

(Monsoons in India channel pollution to potable water sources, contaminating water everywhere.) Monsoons in India are both a blessing and...

El Salvador Copies Israel's National Forestry Model To Combat Environmental Destruction

There is only one nation in the world that has a net gain of trees over the past 100...

Support Bedouin treeplanting and Green education with a Tel Aviv shakedown!

Our resourceful friends at the Bedouin NGO Bustan are refusing to allow the current tension in the South of...

Documenting the Demise of America's Largest Community Garden

I went to see Scott Hamilton Kennedy’s documentary film, “The Garden,” at Tribeca Cinemas in Manhattan, part of docs...

Buy Local

For the most part it's usually better to buy local. This cuts out the emissions created as a result...

Trio Energy Invents a Greener, More Energy Efficient Greenhouse

(Image credit: Corbis) It's bad for the environment, but you know you want it.  You want those strawberries in the...

Do Jaffa Oranges With Carbon Label Make Them Green Oranges from the Garden of Eden?

How many shades of green can a Jaffa orange be? Israeli fruit and vegetable grower and supplier Mehadrin (owned...