An elementary school in The Bronx is using sustainable farming as a vehicle for change. As students fall in love with the process of growing their own food, it instills in them a sense of pride and a new interest in what they're putting into their bodies. Check out, in this post from MindBodyGreen, how they do it over at P.S. 55. Tucked within the poorest congressional ... Continue Reading
Foodscaping – The Beautiful Art Of Sustainable Self Sufficiency
Growing your own food never looked, or tasted, this good. It’s a rising trend that is bringing kiwi gardening aficionados to their knees – literally. A growing number of gardeners are being spotted over the neighbors’ fences, faces beaming with creative zeal, eyes manically gleaming as they dig and plant and cut their way to a fruit and vegetable utopia. The shackles of ... Continue Reading
Factory Farms Impact On Health
One of the techniques modern factory farms routinely use to increase weight in livestock is to give all of the animals a dose of antibiotics with every meal. When this is done, the bacteria in the animals' guts that are susceptible to the drugs are killed. When this practice is ongoing, it creates a microbial vacuum in the animals' intestines that gives an extraordinary ... Continue Reading