Topic: Farming

When Soloukhin started telling others of their findings he was told of another experiment which was testing whether plants had long term memory. Alrea…

In 1972 Vladimir Soloukhin published his book “Grass” after becoming fascinated by the magic and mystery of plants partly as a result of scientifi…

Scientists say they have now found out the produce you buy in the shops is still alive and all those blueberries and zucchinis are still responding to…

Die hard conservatives love to disparage liberals as tree huggers, but it has been recently scientifically validated that hugging trees is actually go…

Die hard conservatives love to disparage liberals as tree huggers, but it has been recently scientifically validated that hugging trees is actually go…

Tree Hugging Now Scientifically Validated Die hard conservatives love to disparage liberals as tree huggers, but it has been recently scientifically v…

Because the presence and specific identity of neighbours influence germination timing and success, the existence of an adaptive mechanism that allows …

We can't hear it, but scientists are finding that in the apparently silent world of plants, a whole lot of communication is going on. At the Universit…

THE heartbroken family of a farmer who died after being sprayed by a highly toxic weed killer has described the man as a "gentle giant" who adored spe…

In 2011 an article “Heat on govt to change pesticide laws” was published in a farming journal. There was strong reaction from those using and sell…

A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 mi…

During World War II the US government turned to the people to grow their own fruit and vegetables. These were called “Victory Gardens” Nearly 20 m…

When I saw this quote I thought of all of you who are front runners in taking the steps to create healthy soils without the use of synthetic chemicals…

All creatures are interdependent “I’ve come on a special mission on behalf of my constituency, which are the 10-to-the-18th-power — a million tr…

There’s a plan therefore, called The Millennium Seed Bank Project, to save seeds by collecting seeds from 24,000 species of plants by 2010, represen…

I’m not talking about losing (agricultural) diversity in the same way that you lose your car keys. I’m talking a bout losing it in the same way th…

You often hear folks say that organic food is too expensive. What do you think? As far as we are concerned the answer is a resounding “No!!” In fa…

Just the existence of the Russian Permaculture Gardening Movement is proof that the answer is a resounding “No!!” Statistics show that over 70% of…

Scientists think they can understand nature. That is the stand they take. Because they are convinced that they can understand nature, they are committ…

The usual way to go about developing a method is to ask “How about trying this?” or “How about trying that?” bringing in a variety of techniqu…