Start Your Own Bee Farm... Looking for a backyard business with a good ROI? If you are not allergic to bee stings and you’re not afraid to get up close and personal with these honey-making high flyers, then this business is for you. Bee farms are income generating, very ideal if you only have a little piece of land to work on and they are great for the environment too! Bee farms are cheap and easy. In fact, they are most recommended for small...

Organic Fertilizers for Your Garden... 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 a safer and better produce but naturally, organic fertilizers are expected to be met with a little resistance...

What is Community Supported Agriculture?... Community supported agriculture is a marketing method which unifies consumers and farmers for better and effective way to dispense produce. This marketing method proves to be very beneficial for both consumers and farmers in such a way that produce are delivered straight to the homes of consumers which guarantees there will be neither left-overs nor price devaluation in the farmers’ side. On the other hand, the consumers...

Profitable Forest Farming... In forest farming, a farmer is not only harvesting nature’s gift for his own good but also helps the forest maintain its natural health and balance. Actually, helping the existing ecosystem is the first and foremost concern of all forest farmers and forest farming communities, as well as those organizations assisting them in proper forest farming methods and concerns. Forest farming involves trimming down, albeit cautiously,...

How Microfarming Can Help You... Living in the suburbs has its own pros and cons; the same way when you are residing in the city where lots are limited and not too conducive for farming. This apparently is the problem for most city dwellers who crave farm life where you harvest your own crops and experience the joys of maintaining your own farm. The good news is, since the organic frenzy, consumers are scouring farms for fresh produce and they are willing...

European Union votes to ban toxic farm pesticide... Issues are still ongoing while European Union, together with its 27 member states, votes to ban toxic farm pesticide that includes neurotoxic and immunotoxic most especially those that can disrupt the endocrine, genotoxic, carcinogenic and toxic to reproduction. The committee also proposed the use of sustainable farming methods instead of the conventional ones. Endosulfan, being a neurotoxic organochlorine insecticide,...

African Agriculture... Africa is the world’s bridesmaid. Why? because it is the second largest and most populous continent in Africa. Despite those seemingly second-best characteristics, Africa is the largest of the three great southward projections from the main mass of the Earth’s exposed surface. With this large land mass it is still a wonder why Africa seemingly have meager farm communities and agriculture. Why more and more Africans...

Corn Ethanol Bio Fuel... Corn ethanol bio fuel is considered as a first-generation fuel alternative in the United States. It is the most common type of bio fuel that is developed in the US, among others such as sugar cane and animal waste. Corn ethanol is a product made from corn that goes through fermentation, chemical processing and distillation. Corn ethanol is produced by two processing methods being the dry and wet corn milling. Both uses...

Oil Input in Agriculture... The recent worldwide increase in the price of liquid fuels (petrol and diesel etc.) has implications for all walks of life including the agricultural sector. Being the most popular form of energy that drives the mechanical means of production and other agricultural activities (supplying and processing etc), oil is an important form of input energy in agriculture. Greater affordability of oil accelerates its use as farm...

Rich with Farming... Economic prosperity of many countries directly depends on the productivity of its agricultural sector. This applies to many developing countries, like those in Asia and Africa. For developed nations that own a considerable area of cultivable land, like the USA, good farming contributes significantly to the country’s economic profile. The relation between agriculture and economy runs both ways: better farming strengthens...