Animals
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Manuka Honey’s Healing Power: Exclusive Property or One of Many?
Manuka honey is well-known for its health benefits (see for example 1).Though famous as a product from New Zealand, the…
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Integrating Beekeeping with Permaculture
Insects and wildlife are an important part of a permaculture design. Without them your design will not be complete, the…
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Aquaponics Green House
My aquaponics system is the heartbeat of my hoop house. I created this system as an experiment which has been…
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How Sustainable Are Chickens?
Chickens are amazing animals: laying an egg almost every day just so I can dip my toast in that deep…
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A Rare Example of Mutualism Between Humans and Free-living Wild Animal
A new study confirms the existence of mutual partnership between humans and a free living bird species. When the honey-hunters…
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Raising Rabbits: My Source of Manure
I love raising rabbits, mainly because of rabbit pellets also known as rabbit manure. When people ask me why I…
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Are Bugs More Nutritious Than Meat?
A new research study shows that eating edible insects could provide as much or even more iron and other micro-nutrients…
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BeeConnected: Linking Farmers and Beekeepers to Save Bees in the UK
In the UK, bees contribute largely to food production as they pollinate major commercial crops and trees as well as…
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The Use of Ducks in Rice Fields in the Control of Weed and Pest
Various communities have used ducks and geese as a weed and pest control strategy. Indeed, there exist studies that have…
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Early Morning Cow Routines
Every morning the first thing we do is look after our animals. The cow routines are particularly involved. The cows…
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Vermicomposting: How Worms Can Reduce Our Waste
Nearly one third of our food ends up in the trash can. There is hope, however, in the form of…
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Mastering Farming Even Before Humans
Humans are not the first species to farm on Earth. Nor are they the first species to have taken agriculture…
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