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 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...
by Blackwood Land | Aug 31, 2016
When we think of tilling fields, we think of tractors churning up the soil, but that isn’t always the case. Conservational tillage practices offer environmentally and sustainably friendly solutions to tilling fields and preparing them for new crops. The traditional...
by Blackwood Land | Aug 28, 2016
We’re very familiar with commercial farming, where farmers grow their crops to sell and make a profit. Substinence farming, in contrast, is when a farmer grows only what his or her family needs to survive. Substinence farming, most common in under developed countries,...
