by Blackwood Land | Sep 21, 2016
A buffer zone provides, well, a buffer. Once a field is eligible to produce a crop sold as organic, it has to follow organic regulations, which include no pesticides and chemicals. A farmer can follow the guidelines all day long, but if a neighboring farm does not...
by Blackwood Land | Sep 18, 2016
The goal of sustainable agriculture is two-fold: 1) preserve the natural systems and resources that farming relies on, and 2) produce a high yield that will accommodate a constantly growing human population. It may sound counter-intuitive, especially when we see so...
by Blackwood Land | Sep 16, 2016
Growing up in Texas, I remember watching endless miles of corn and cotton fields fly past my passenger window as my family drove out into the country. For me, as a young girl, this scene became the very definition of farmland: acres of crop rows extending into and...
by Blackwood Land | Sep 6, 2016
The problem: By 2050, it is predicted that the earth will no longer have enough land to sustain a growing human population. The solution: Vertical farming. Vertical farming is exactly what it sounds like: Farming, but up. Farming has always been measured by acres of...
by Blackwood Land | Sep 3, 2016
Urban planning—incorporating ways to grow produce within a city infrastructure—is the solution to city living and farm-fresh eating, and it’s taking the world by storm. (Our World) Just in the past few years, our country has become very aware of what food we eat and...
