Articles tagged: "farming"

1: Effects Of Global Warming on Agriculture

Agriculture is one of the most weather-dependent of all human activities. It is ironic, then, that a significant percentage of greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture. Fossil fuel-intensive agriculture is contributing to the creation of the unpredictable weather conditions that all farmers will need to battle in the not-too-distant future.

2: What Are Hydrogen Fuel Cells

One obvious advantage is that fuel cells are clean since the byproducts are heat and water. These byproducts can't harm the environment. Fuel cells have efficiency rates ranging from 45-53% as compared to gasoline with only 20% efficiency rate.

3: Save Our Planet With Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Hydrogen fuel cell technology is not new. It started more or less eighty years ago but since it is quite expensive, scientists and researchers don't find it a good alternative fuel source. Aside from the hydrogen technology, other technologies have surfaced years ago such as the use of vegetable oil and sugar cane to run a car.

4: The Environmental and Economic Benefits of Hydrogen Fuels

Your search for a cost-effective way to fuel your car has ended. The hydrogen fuel system can give you a lot of benefits. Firstly, your gasoline expenses will decrease. Secondly, you can help in improving the current status of the environment. You car will not emit a large amount of greenhouse gases thereby decreasing pollution.

5: How Can We Help Preserve Our Forests

Controlling deforestation is a controversial issue these days; and the means of plotting the rate is available for man to use. However, man could be the only key for the future survival of the planet. Without much enthusiasm and care for the remaining part of nature, it is likely to flourish one day without us knowing about it.

6: Herb Gardening for Kids

Nature is a favorite subject for many children. They love to learn and explore topics that have to do with nature, so gardening is a very good learning experience that they'll actually enjoy. They will be really excited to know that they're growing something they can actually eat later!

7: Guide For Herb Garden Beginners

Herb garden beginners may worry about which types of herbs they should grow. There are many different herbs available, and some are more difficult to grow than others. There are a few types of herbs that are especially easy to grow for beginners. These are generally more hardy plants that don't require a lot of fertilizer or special work.

8: How To Start Your Own Herb Garden

Beginning herb gardeners may worry about which types of herbs they should grow. There are many different herbs available, and some are more difficult to grow than others. There are a few types of herbs that are especially easy to grow for beginners. These are generally more hardy plants that don't require a lot of fertilizer or special work

9: Planning Your Own Herb Garden

If you are anything like the average herb gardener, it can be daunting task researching through seed catalogs and trying to choose just a few varieties of herbs to plant. There are so many types of herbs to plant that you are probably tempted to plant almost all of them.But most of us don't have the space nor the time and energy to plant and care for all of them.So careful planning is needed.

10: All About Farming And Food Production

Green care farming is a fast growing business and the demand after such services has increased over the past five years.

11: Real Estate Marketing: Farming a Neighborhood

This article highlights how the real estate investor should go about farming to boost their bottom line

12: Taste of Wisconsin Chocolate

Artist/cartoonist John Q. Tullius said "Nine out of ten people like chocolate. The tenth person always lies." Long ago, chocolate became the go-to indulgence for a large portion of humanity. We eat it when we're happy, when we're sad, when we're celebrating, and for no good reason at all. Americans consume 11.7 pounds per person annually. Most chocolate is consumed as candy bars and similar mass-produced treats, but for a growing number, the hunt for high-quality confections made in small quantities by hand using the best ingredients has become a mission.

13: Flavors of Norway -- Syttende Mai

Ask most people what the biggest day on the Norwegian calendar is and they would probably say the first day of the ice fishing season. If you're in that group (come on, be honest) you may be shocked and surprised to find out you're WRONG...close...but WRONG! If you live in Dane, Rock, or Green Counties, you should be run out of town on a rail.

14: The Scoop on Local Ice Cream

One of my fondest memories of growing up was the ice cream truck slowly cruising through my neighborhood on those hot summer days. The sound of The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down or The Entertainer played through tinny speakers would send kids scrambling in every direction to get a quarter before the truck got away. Nothing in the world ever tasted as good as those frozen treats during the hazy summers of so long ago.

15: The Little Dairy that Did

I'm a Wisconsin boy, born and bred; I never met a dairy product I didn't like. My wife and son both drink skim milk but the lowest I would ever go was 2%. I felt, as many do, that skim was just blue water, even if it was healthier. However, recently something happened that changed my mind. That something was Blue Marble Dairy.

16: Drip Irrigation Systems Deliver A Flood of Savings

Heat. Drought. Water Restrictions. These are common issues these days. Some commercial growers and backyard gardeners are discovering that they can fight back by using drip irrigation systems.

17: Agriculture: Our Biggest Environmental Disaster

There are no "good old days" of farming. From when people first started to herd animals and scratch the ground to plant seeds, farming has been an environmentally destructive force. We have heard a lot in recent years about the destruction of the rainforest in South America and the Red Woods in

18: Vegetable Gardens - Good Tasting and Good For You

Vegetable gardening has become increasingly popular. Vegetable gardening can produce vegetables that are cheaper than those at the store, and they taste much better. Many people grow their own organic vegetables out of concern about the pesticides and other chemicals used on commercially grown