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New Tool Estimates the Amount of Pesticides, Fertilizers and Other Chemicals That Can Be Avoided Through Organic Dairy Farming

A calculator has been developed to help consumers, dairy farmers, and food companies estimate the avoided environmental, public health, and animal welfare impacts associated with shifting dairy cows from conventional to organic management

13 Apr 2009

Impact of Bioethanol on Water Supply Three Times Higher Than Previously Thought

Scientists in Minnesota are reporting that production of bioethanol — often regarded as the clean-burning energy source of the future — may consume up to three times more water than previously thought

13 Apr 2009

Sundarbans Inslanders Use Technology to Protect Against Climate Change Threats of Rising Sea Levels and Cyclones

The 20,000 residents of tiny, vulnerable Mousuni Island in the Indian Sundarbans are using technology to protect themselves from climate change-related threats – including deadly cyclones and rising sea levels – now impacting more and more severely upon them

13 Apr 2009

Better Biofuels From Mapping of Plant Genes

By creating a “family tree” of genes expressed in one form of woody plant and a less woody, herbaceous species, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered clues that may help them engineer plants more amenable to biofuel production

13 Apr 2009

Effect of Ethanol on Price of Food

Higher energy costs have been found to have a greater effect on food prices than did the use of ethanol as a motor fuel

13 Apr 2009

Zero Carbon Houses Made From Hemp Fighting Climate Change in the Future

Hemp, a plant from the cannabis family, could be used to build carbon-neutral homes of the future to help combat climate change and boost the rural economy, say researchers at the University of Bath

9 Apr 2009

Chickens Get New Sustainable Home at College Farm

A new hen house was just completed by faculty, staff and students at Green Mountain College, a four-year liberal arts school that emphasizes environmental sustainability throughout its curriculum

8 Apr 2009

Floods and the Impact Flooding Has on Soil

Researchers in the Midwestern United States have examined the effects of flooding on soil, and have learned more about ways in which short-term ponding conditions can affect soil aggregation and the chemistry of the soil-water system. These conditions can have a great impact on soil quality and agriculture in the region

8 Apr 2009

Great Plains Offer Global Warming Solutions

The prairies offer opportunities for capitalizing on environmentally friendly farming practices and potentially useful agricultural waste to produce jobs, economic growth, commercial opportunities, and renewable energy sources

8 Apr 2009

Palm Oil Industry in Indonesia Takes Step Towards Sustainability

A major Indonesian plantation company has become the country’s first certified maker of sustainable palm oil as WWF simultaneously collaborated with the Indonesian Department of Agriculture and others to hold a first-time regional training workshop for small producers

8 Apr 2009