The commercial hemp industry is growing and developing rapidly. This is an educational video on industrial hemp for fiber production/textiles and seed oil production, as a rotational crop, and other uses. 12 different kinds of seed varieties are being tested for the best results in growth and harvest. This video also covers some of the initial legal and regulatory work being done and advice from the National Hemp Association for farmers looking to start growing hemp.
Produced in conjunction with Penn State University and the National Hemp Association
From vertical farms to micro-algae and bio-reactors, the future of food is looking very high-tech. It promises to be more sustainable — but can it live up to the hype?
An innovative West Australian farmer uses charcoal and exotic dung beetles to boost soil fertility and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from his cattle, and international researchers are taking note.
In this article, Jon Daly talks about a new system designed by a farmer in Western Australia that will use beetles, cattle manure, and biochar to reduce cattle emissions. This new idea is beneficial in many ways. The author goes on to explain that biochar (basically charcoal) will be added to soil, which improves the soil's fertility. Then, cattle are fed a mixture of molasses and biochar, and it comes back into the world through their manure. Lastly, Daly explains that the beetles will take the biochar-infused manure with them through the soil to " feed their larvae beneath the surface". This shows yet another interesting way to combat methane emissions from cattle, and does it in a beneficial way for more than one party.
WHEN you consider most Australians live in coastal cities, you can be forgiven for forgetting the wide, open landscape that lies beyond the city skyline.
Today, farming is a major cause of climate change through emissions, nitrogen runoff and aquifer depletion. But it doesn't need to be this way. Here's how farms can become a key climate ally.
People are choking on smoke. Orangutans are dying. Farmers are clearing land the fastest way they know how to cash in on demand for palm oil, which is used in half of all supermarket products.
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People are choking on smoke. Orangutans are dying. Farmers are clearing land the fastest way they know how to cash in on demand for palm oil, which is used in half of all supermarket products.
Severe drought threatens honey bees in Chile A decade-long drought is making life difficult for honey bees in the country’s central region. That could mean problems for Chile’s $34 billion food industry.
China plans to plant 88 billion trees for its Green Great Wall, which will stretch for almost 5,000 kilometres in a bid to hold back encroaching deserts. And it's not the only country fighting nature with nature.
Cherie and Phil Thompson are reviving Indigenous uses for Australian native plants near the NSW town of Dubbo, as global demand for natural ingredients rises.
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