Search Results for: disease and pest resistance
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Biodiversity
Food Forests and Natural Pest Control – Observations
Hearing Geoff Lawton speak about the effectiveness of natural pest control in food forests during my PDC studies is what…
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Why Glyphosate Should Be Banned – A Review of its Hazards to Health and the Environment
Glyphosate has contaminated land, water, air, and our food supply; the maximum permitted levels are set to rise by100-150 times…
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Greenpeace Takes on Monsanto Over ‘Pesticides Arms Race’
Editor’s Note: In addition to the post below, check out this, this and this. It seems that Monsanto, and even…
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GM Crops, Pesticides and the Poor
I’m often accused of murdering millions. Why? Because I speak out against GM crops. And here I am, at it…
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Farmer Suicides and Bt Cotton Nightmare Unfolding in India
The largest wave of farmer suicides and an ecological nightmare are unfolding around Bt cotton. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho exposes the…
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Pesticides, and You
I promised to follow up on our recent Which Came First – Pests, or Pesticides? story with some info on…
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Fast compost – Soil Permaculture Design and Maintenance
What is Compost? Compost is humanity’s version of the humus found in nature, and the compost heap is a ‘digester’…
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Health & Disease
‘Silent Spring’ Triggered an Environmental Movement
The book ‘Silent Spring’ triggered an environmental movement and as such we have known the toxic effects of chemical agriculture,…
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Community Projects
The students behind the Permaculture Garden
We hear from one of the students involved in creating the University of Edingburgh’s very own Permaculture garden, the Ecological…
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Food Plants - Perennial
How to Grow a Blueberry Guild in a Temperate Climate Successfully
Blueberries can be one of the most low-maintenance and pleasurable berries to grow in the temperate permaculture homestead. They are…
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Bees
A Look at Traditional Asian Beekeeping Methods
The Asiatic honeybee, Apis cerena, is one of the native bee species in Thailand that is found throughout much of…
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Bees
Meliponas in Guatemala: The Advantages of Raising Native Bees
People have been raising bees for thousands of years. The honey they produced gave humanity its first sweet tooth, and…
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