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The Toxic Effects of Polyunsaturated Fats

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are among the most chemically unstable fats in the human diet. The reason lies in their molecular structure. Saturated fats contain no carbon-carbon double bonds, monounsaturated fats contain one, and polyunsaturated fats contain two or more. As the number of double bonds increases, a fatty acid becomes increasingly vulnerable to oxidation.…

Incredible Food Forest has Over 150 Types of Fruits and Vegetables on 1/4 Acre of Land

Longtime gardener and permaculture educator Dr. Bob Randall has a created a food forest, just outside his front door, that produces 90% of the food he consumes. In a world where the front and back yards of the majority of homes are being used to grow inedible grass, wasting gas, fertilizer, and the time it…

10 Homemade Organic Pesticides for Your Farm or Garden

For your own health, as well as health of the environment, it’s essential that we move away from the use of chemical pesticides in farming and home gardening. There are several homemade pesticides that are safe for the environment and they can be equally as effective at fending off pests. Mild soap and water. One…

8 Vegetables That You Can Plant Once and Regrow Forever

Have you ever wondered which vegetables you can regrow or how to regrow them? Below are eight vegetables that you can regrow again and again. Scallions You can regrow scallions by leaving an inch attached to the roots and place them in a small glass with a little water in a well-lit room. Garlic When…

Top 10 Most Amazing Vertical Farms in the World

If you run out of space horizontally, then grow your food vertically. That’s what these 10 vertical farms from across the world are doing. An estimated 80% of the earth’s population will live in cities by the year 2050, and to meet the increasing demand for food, urban vertical farms are sprouting up around the…

Aquaponics 101: How to Grow Fish, Vegetables, Eggs, and Prawns

Aquaponics is a method of food production which utilizes two sustainable technologies simultaneously to create an abundance of food. Aquaculture – Growing aquatic creatures in water Hydroponics – Growing plants without using soil Whereas conventional food production uses chemical pesticides to fertilize and nourish plant growth, aquaponics uses the wastes from one system to fertilize…

Canadian Urban Farmer Grows 50,000lbs of Food on Less than 1 Acre of Land

“What if I told you that there was a way you could live off the land, farm commercially, be a direct solution to food security, economic inequality, and environmental degradation, build community ties and social capital, and make a living out of it?” – Curtis Stone, Urban Farmer and CEO of Green City Acres. Green…

Gotham 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…

Food 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…

There 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…