As humans transform the planet to meet our needs, all sorts of wildlife continue to be pushed aside, including many species that play key roles in Earth's life-support systems. In particular, the ...
Farmer Tod Bulmer was one of the early adopters of a pick-your-own produce system at his family farm on the outskirts of Warrington. Prior to 1978, Kenyon Hall Farm was a mixed farm with both crops ...
Farming just one kind of crop in a field at a time, and using a lot of chemicals, poses a risk to both people and nature. This simplified intensive agriculture often goes hand in hand with increased ...
Krishna Bista grew up on a diversified farm in her native Bhutan, where her family cultivated sweet potatoes, ginger, corn, wheat, millet, citrus and cardamom. At age 30, she was forced to seek asylum ...
“Marshall Farms is owned by a 2nd/3rd generation family. We, Kenneth, Moira and our three girls (Christine, Julie and Shona), are very much at the helm of this enterprise. “Diversification began back ...
Moving away from intensive farming practices comes with many benefits. Nikada There’s another way to farm: increasing the number of crop and livestock species. This is biologically diversified ...