Whether working on a plant, a garden, or an entire agricultural field, the soil should be kept healthy to ensure the growth of the plant. These days, there have been a lot of efforts to encourage organic farming as opposed to the commercial farming process. In commercial farming techniques, farmers utilize fertilizers and plant or [...]
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Improving the soil of your farm
Posted by admin on November 2nd, 2010
What is Organic Farming?
Posted by admin on June 13th, 2010
These days, we may have become concerned with the quality and safety of the food we eat. The production methods of the food reflect to our awareness with the outcomes of our consumption of food, especially when we think of pesticide and herbicide residues left in our food that are slowly poisoning us. Over the [...]
Environmental Concerns Versus Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered Food
Posted by admin on May 5th, 2010
The US Supreme Court, for the first time, is considering a ban on genetically modified food while hearing a case against the use of Roundup Ready – a herbicidal resistant Alfalfa (a type of legume) – produced by the biotech giant Monsanto. The leading producer of the genetically modified seeds for species of food plants, [...]
Organic Farming – The Sustainable Way to Farm and Eat
Posted by admin on August 6th, 2009
By Janice Hunter Organic farming is a form of agricultural method wherein farm communities relies on crop rotation, green manure, compost fertilizer, biological methods of pest control and cultivation of fertile soil to make it more productive thus yielding better produce. It also strictly limits the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, chemical-based plant grower, [...]
Organic Fertilizers for Your Garden
Posted by admin on August 1st, 2009
Just by the sound of it, organic fertilizers must be good for our gardens especially now that we have become fully aware of the harmful effects of chemical pesticides to humans and what abnormal things it can induce to our plants and produce. Little by little, more farmers are beginning to apply alternative methods to [...]
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No Comments »Weed lawn pesticides causing Hermaphrodite Frog abnormalities
Posted by admin on February 4th, 2009
The alarming number or hermaphrodite frogs found in states like Connecticut and California has scientists searching for an explanation. Frogs which lived in suburban areas were also found to become more susceptible to reproductive abnormalities than those that live in rural areas. farmcommunities.com
