John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Organic, Beekeeping, Regenerative Agriculture, Pollinators,
Midwinter Tasks for Pollinator Gardening
Even in January there are small actions you can take to support pollinators. Xerces' Pesticide Program Director Aimée Code shares what's on her winter chore list for her Pacific Northwest pollinator garden.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture US, Organic, Education U.S. SouthEast, Beekeeping, Research, Pollinators,
Bee appearance and behavior may be related, genetic study reveals - UF/IFAS News
Recently discovered genetic knowledge of two nuisance western honey bee subspecies will help commercial and hobby beekeepers. A new UF/IFAS study identified genetic characteristics relevant to the production and behavioral attributes of these two key... Read More
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Organic, Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, GMO's, Research, Genes /Genetics,
Are GMOs causing an increase in allergies?
The potential for allergies from foods with genetically modified ingredients is no higher than that in any food, including organics. New conventional ...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Organic, Food/Nutrition, World Hunger, Weather,
How plant-based diets not only reduce our carbon footprint, but also increase carbon capture
Almost 100 billion tons of CO₂ could be pulled out of the atmosphere by the end of the century. That is, if high-income countries switch to a plant-based diet. The double carbon profit of returning farmland to its natural state would equal about 14 years’ worth of agricultural emissions, researchers…
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture US, Organic, Beekeeping, Beyond Organic , Research, Pollinators,
Drop in Santa Monica Mountains Monarch Butterfly Numbers ‘Deeply Concerning’
By Dolores Quintana There are 18 critically endangered species of butterflies and moths in the state of California and the...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Organic, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Urban Farming,
Urban Farm Activist Victoria Beaty Is In Full Bloom
Since turning over a new leaf regarding her diet, everything has been coming up roses for the Growing Places Indy's executive director.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Organic, Forestry, Crop Consultant, Sustainability, Research, Regenerative Agriculture, Education,
Soils in old-growth treetops can store more carbon than soils under our feet
AGU press contact: Rebecca Dzombak, +1 (202) 777-7492, news@agu.org (UTC-4 hours) Contact information for the researchers: Peyton Smith, Texas A&M University, peyton.smith@ag.tamu.edu (UTC-6 hours) Hannah Connuck, Franklin and Marshall College, hconnuck@gmail.com (UTC-4 hours) NEW ORLEANS—New research reveals a previously underappreciated way old-growth forests have been recycling and storing carbon: treetop soils. Branches in forest canopies can hold caches of soil that may store substantially more carbon than soils on the ground beneath them, and scientists are just beginning to understand how much carbon canopy soils — which exist on every continent except Antarctica — could store. The new research on these unique soils, being presented on Wednesday, 15 December at 5:00 p.m. CST at AGU Fall Meeting 2021, marks the first attempt to quantify carbon capture by canopy soils. The work highlights another way old-growth forests are rich, complex ecosystems that cannot be quickly replaced by replanting forests. Tree branches collect fallen tree leaves and other organic material over hundreds of years, like the ground does. On top of the branches, the plant litter decomposes as it accumulates, forming a carbon-rich layer that can be several inches thick. The researchers climbed up into the rainforest canopy in Costa Rica, instruments in hand, to find out just how much carbon canopy soils can contain. Active carbon, a short-term storage pool of organic carbon, was three times higher in canopy soil compared to soils underfoot, the researchers found. “We knew these would be really organic-rich soils, but we didn’t expect the extremely large amount of carbon compared to mineral soils,” said Hannah Connuck, an undergraduate researcher at Franklin and Marshall College who will be presenting the study results. The researchers are still calculating the total concentration of organic carbon at their research site, but other research has found canopy soils to have up to 10 times higher concentrations of or...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Organic, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Ag South America, Pollinators,
Monarch Butterflies Return to Goleta’s Ellwood Mesa
Source: City of Goleta The City of Goleta is pleased to share that monarch butterflies have returned to Goleta! Over 15,000 monarchs are spending the winter at Goleta’s Ellwood Mesa Monarch Butterfly
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Organic, Beekeeping, Gardening, Beer/Brewing/Distilling,
Not every gardener knows: 10 Amazing Uses Of Beer In Your Garden - Agricultural Family
Gardening work is sometimes inexpensive at all, especially when you use natural gardening methods. For instance, banana and citrus fruit peels can be used to make garden mulch or compost. These are all organic. They not only do goods to your garden soil and plants but are also friendly to the environment. We wrote an […] More
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Topics: Soil Health, Organic, Beyond Organic , Gardening, Sustainability, Regenerative Agriculture,
How to build a wormbin
Vermicomposting is a great way to recycle waste. Whether you compost in a wormbin or compost pile, worms are excellent garden helpers.
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