Posts Tagged ‘health’
Urban Beekeeping: How to Start Your Own Honeybee Hive
Many plants produce nectar to encourage insects like bees, wasps, and butterflies to visit their flowers and pollinate them. In this symbiotic relationship, bees use the nectar they gather from flowers to make honey for food, and in the process, pollinate flowers with tiny pollen granules that dust off their hind legs. Many of the…
Read MoreGotham Greens: America’s First Commercial Rooftop Greenhouse Farm On Whole Foods Store
A neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, is now benefiting from a revolutionary partnership in urban agriculture — a 20,000-square-foot rooftop greenhouse built on a Whole Foods supermarket. The partnering farmers are from a company called Gotham Greens, and together they are growing high-quality, pesticide-free produce year-round for their customers. Gotham Greens says the new facility…
Read MoreFood Grown on Rooftops in Montreal, Canada Feeds Thousands of People
In 2011, a company from Montreal, Quebec, Canada grew their very first vegetables from the world’s first commercial rooftop greenhouse. Today, they feed 2,000 people with fresh vegetables harvested locally, and on the exact same day. For most people rooftops are an ignored space, but not for CEO Mohamed Hage. He created Lufa Farms with…
Read MoreThe Darkside of Turf Lawn and 8 Amazing Alternatives
Why have a monocrop grass lawn when you can use different plants that you’ll never have to mow again? With a passion unmatched in other countries, American’s water, spray, weed, and mow between 35 million – 50 million acres of lawn, all without suspecting any negative impact on their health or environmental health. In his…
Read MoreThere Is A Huge Underground Farm Hiding 100 Feet Beneath London’s Streets
It’s hard to find enough space for urban farms to grow enough local produce to feed a big city. Unless you put the whole farm below in an abandoned tunnel. The newest branch line of the London Underground doesn’t go anywhere. But it does produce a lot of nice food to eat. It’s a hydroponic…
Read MoreStudy: Sleep Removes Toxic Chemicals from the Brain
Although we don’t know exactly why, there is no question that sleep is crucial for the brain and overall health. Without proper sleep, the chance of disease and stress increases notably. Now, researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) Center for Translational Neuromedicine have found that sleeping actually helps detoxify the brain, potentially…
Read MoreHydroponics: 90% Less Water Than Conventional Farming
As rising food costs become an increasing burden on people’s lives, more people are seeking ways to grow food for themselves in inexpensive and sustainable ways. Hydroponics is gardening without soil, where plants are placed in a growing medium and nutrients are fed to the roots directly from water. Not only can you save money…
Read MoreIndoor Air Pollution 2 to 5 Times Worse Than Outdoor, Declares World Health Organization
In a 2013 press release, the World Health Organization declared that outdoor air pollution is a leading cause of cancer deaths, and yet the Environmental Protection Agency has found that indoor levels of pollutants are “2 to 5 times higher – and occasionally more than 100 times higher – than outdoor pollutant levels.” The point…
Read MoreStudy: Therapy Dogs Boost Health of the Sick and Lonely
Most people are familiar with dogs that assist their blind or otherwise disabled owners. Therapy dogs offer a different kind of help. Some pay informal social visits to people to boost their spirits, while others work in a more structured environment with trained professionals like physical therapists and social workers to help patients reach clinical…
Read MoreTurkey Tail Mushroom Alternative Cancer Treatment: Your Complete Guide
The Turkey Tail mushroom (Coriolus versicolor) is a super-abundant colorful mushroom that grows on dead trees, logs, branches, and has been used for centuries in China and Japan to cure cancer. Turkey Tail mushrooms can be found growing on wood almost everywhere on the planet. _ The medicinal ingredients in Turkey Tail mushrooms are polysaccharide-K…
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