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Coffee Grounds Show Potential to Clean Up Common Water Contamination from Agriculture
Coffee grounds have been tested in a laboratory setting for their potential use as a cleanup agent of common agricultural runoff, suggesting that along...
New Bank in The Spirit of Walden Will Lend and Invest Only in Local New England Agriculture
In New England, entrepreneurs have taken an unorthodox path to support local and sustainable agriculture—they started a bank.
Encapsulating the spirit of Thoreau, Walden Mutual...
Nutrient-Rich Human Waste is Poised to Sustain Agriculture and Improve Economies, Say Researchers
The future connection between human waste, sanitation technology, and sustainable agriculture is becoming more evident. According to new research, countries could be moving closer...
This Wonder Tree is a Game-Changer for Rainforest Agriculture in Honduras And Deforested Sites Worldwide
There's a 'wonder tree' in Honduras that's acting as a game-changer—creating organic farming livelihoods, climate resistance, and hope to farmers in the Central American...
‘People’s Gardens’ Take Root With Agriculture Department Volunteers
80 volunteers at the US Department of Agriculture are lending their sweat and muscle to an organic garden created by USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack...
Organic Food Expert Chosen for No. 2 Agriculture Slot
President Barack Obama has chosen Kathleen Merrigan, an organic food expert who helped the US Senate develop labelling rules for organic food, to be...
Two Lost Cities Discovered Along the Silk Road–the Iconic Ancient Trade Route
Reprinted with permission from World at Large
A pair of lost cities in the highlands of Uzbekistan recently found by archaeologists using lidar demonstrate that...
Good News in History, November 10
101 years ago today, one of the most famous dogs in the world, Hachikō the Akita, was born in Ōdate. He is beloved, revered,...
Experts Demonstrate How Solar Farms Can Become Hubs for ‘Biodiversity Enhancement’ at Every Level
In the same way that artificial coral reefs can jumpstart marine ecosystems, solar farms, if they're constructed properly, can create more biodiversity than agricultural...
New Evidence Near Mysterious Carvings Show Persians May Have Escaped to Madagascar for Religious Freedom
Among the sandstone hills and boulders of Madagascar's Isalo National Park, the curious archaeological site of Teniky has puzzled researchers for decades.
These rock-cut niches,...
Scientists Grow Tree from 1,000-year-old Seed Found in Cave–May Be Lost Medicinal Plant in the Bible
During an archaeological dig in a desert area north of Jerusalem 40 years ago, a seed was discovered which was determined to be in...
Mystery of Nazca Lines Deepens as AI Survey Doubles Number of Geoglyphs and Alters Their Meaning
It took nearly a century to locate the 430 geoglyphs hidden in the Nazca Desert of Peru, but archaeologists surveying almost the entire region...
Vertical Strawberry Farm in Virginia Uses AI to Create Maximum Berries With Peak-Season Flavor Year-Round
In Virginia, a company has opened what it is calling the world's first indoor strawberry farm.
Plenty Unlimited says their AI-based system makes it possible...
Patagonia Helping to Revolutionize California’s Farms
Organic and regenerative farming practices are taking root in the polluted yet beautiful Ventura County in California, where a truly staggering amount of the...
Watch This Mushroom Propel a Robot Across the Ground—We’re Not Joking
There's no question that when most people think of robotics, they imagine a field of metal, mechanisms, and wires.
Yet today, in the growing field...
Good News in History, September 3
60 years ago today, the Wilderness Act was signed into law. Written by Howard Zahniser of The Wilderness Society, it has been used to...
Big Chocolate on Brink of Revolution as Swiss Scientists Use Cocoa Bean Waste to Replace Sugar
Researchers in Zurich have found a way to potentially transform chocolate manufacturing by using the husk and the flesh of the cocoa bean pod...
Shells to Sweaters: Sustainable ‘Sea Wool’ Earns Millions for Taiwan Business Spinning Oyster Shells into Yarn
A man in Taiwan is helping reduce fashion waste by creating a sustainable alternative to artificial textiles from an already existing waste stream.
He's using...
Planting This Grass Could Yield a Bumper Crop in Flood Plains and Stop Coastal Erosion
Rising sea levels and coastal erosion are threatening farmers on America's mid-Atlantic coast, but a crop from colonial times may be the future harvest...
13,000 Years Ago, These Ancient Builders Carved a Calendar into Stone to Mark Destructive Occasion
Whatever we learned in school about the earliest human civilizations, the discovery of Göbekli Tepe in southern Turkey has made it all null and...