Scientists have estimated for the first time how nature-based solutions for agricultural pest control deliver US$ 14.6 to US$ 19.5 billion annually across 23 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The new research, published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, suggests that non-chemical crop protection…
By Tyler Durden Food banks were already under stress before Hurricane Laura devastated parts of southern Louisiana last week. Many of these charities were providing meal assistance to hungry families affected by the virus-induced downturn in the economy. Now they must provide meals for people…
By Ice Age Farmer Workers are fleeing farms to avoid mandatory COVID-19 testing. California is ordering meat plants to close. The “second wave” has arrived as a controlled demolition of our food supply to allow the totalitarian, technocratic takeover of our food supply and society….
By Ice Age Farmer Our food supply is under all-out attack. WA and MI have followed CA in mandating COVID-19 testing for farmworkers, which — as we have seen in Ontario — presages their shutting down farms where workers test positive. Depriving farms of harvest…
By Daisy Luther Ever since March, we’ve seen dramatic photos of bare shelves across the country. Initially, we were told it was just an issue with everyone panic-buying due to the lockdown and that those pesky preppers and hoarders were the cause of the whole…
By Art and Bri In the video below, homesteaders Art and Bri explain 14 homesteading ideas you can do on a small property if you don’t own a farm but want to live a more healthy and self sufficient life. [do_widget id=text-16] Subscribe to Art…
Emerging technologies can be harnessed to use the strengths of hot, humid coastal deserts of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to grow food and other crops. KAUST researchers are calling for a new generation of vast greenhouse complexes, supported by novel solar…
Sour beer, the tart and tangy outcome of a brewing process that’s been used in Europe for centuries, has recently surged in popularity in the U.S. Today, scientists report progress on a study of how acids and other flavor components evolve while the beverage ages….
By James Prigioni In the video below, food forest gardener James Prigioni shows you how to easily build a shade covering for a raised bed garden so you can be eating fresh veggies all year long – including in the middle of a hot summer….
By Ice Age Farmer China has launched a “CLEAN YOUR PLATE” campaign, indicating that we are entering a global food crisis and moreover that it is YOUR fault for wasting too much food. Eating shows are being censored from the internet, and social media sites…
By Ice Age Farmer Wonder why there is a canned food shortage at your local grocery store? Washington State has been stocking away millions of dollars of non-perishable food — so have other US states, and the federal government — in anticipation of “the need…
By Lucyna Gozdzielewska, Glasgow Caledonian University and Lesley Price, Glasgow Caledonian University Rearing animals for food takes time and requires hard work to maintain their health and well-being. Just as in humans, farm animals sometimes get sick and require drugs to treat infections. But organisms…
This ability of couch grass and wheat to phytoextract toxic metals can be used for effective cleaning of soils Irina Shtangeeva is a researcher at the Department of Soil Science and Soil Ecology, St Petersburg University. She has studied the ability of wheat and couch…
By Tyler Durden The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) released a new report Tuesday (Aug. 4) showing farm bankruptcies continue to increase. AFBF found bankruptcies rose 8% over the last 12 months (from June 2019 to June 2020), with 580 filings. The Midwest, Northwest, and Southeast recorded the…
By Ice Age Farmer The global food supply is being destroyed, production dismantled, farmers put out of business and grain stores are on fire in the food wars. California is sending in “COVID-19 Strike Teams” to shut down farms that are not “properly distanced.” China…
The COVID-19 pandemic exposes weaknesses in the supply chain when countries go into lockdown. Some are small, such as the toilet paper shortages early on, that, while annoying, were eventually resolved. But what happens when the effects of the pandemic reach the food systems of…
By Kara Stiff Are you itching to grow something for the table in these times of bare shelves, but don’t have space? Well, you’re definitely not alone. Gardening is suddenly very popular, both for the calories and the many other benefits. Are you renting and…
Rice is the most widely consumed staple food source for a large part of the world’s population. It has now been confirmed that rice can contribute to prolonged low-level arsenic exposure leading to thousands of avoidable premature deaths per year. Arsenic is well known acute…
By Ice Age Farmer The Rockefeller Foundation has released a new report, “Reset The Table” — an implied part of “The Great Reset” — describing a radical transformation of our food system in the face of the most significant disruption to our food supply in…
By Ice Age Farmer We hear a lot about vaccines, but what if the real threat is something as seemingly innocuous as a tomato? Scientists are “Pharming” tomatoes that will act as “edible coronavirus vaccines,” as we are told that GMO is mandatory in this…
