SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Sustainable agriculture is a long-term project that seeks to provide food and fiber needs, help the environment, renew natural resources, and provide a better quality of life for society.

Sustainable agricultural practices involve ways of using farm management techniques to boost eco-friendly agricultural output, here’s how the game could change.

Sustainable food and organics are the focus of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's annual sustainable food conference and seafood watch program.

It happens only once every five years; the Agriculture Committee sits down to begin updated reform on the farming and food industry and it usually takes about a year's worth of work. Now they seek to write a new farm bill in 2 weeks, behind closed doors.

Community shared agriculture's impact on local economies, and reasons why they are the ultimate choice.

Tastier food, better nutrition, clean water tables, recycled waste, alternative energy usage, and a possible end to global strife over natural resources: These are benefits of hydroponic farming and the reasons why everyone should say "Yes!" to hydroponic agriculture!

Increased risk of food-borne pathogens in fruits, vegetables, dairy, and meat products have led to a demand for local, organic, and natural food products. Family farmers can take advantage of this new trend, with the right kind of marketing techniques.

A look into the experience of a young man from Africa who came to study agriculture in Costa Rica and intern on a biodynamic/organic farm.

Ann Arbor's Ecology Center welcomes MSU C.S. Mott Chair of Sustainable Agriculture Michael Hamm to answer the question, "Can local food save Michigan's economy?"

Bamboo is the fastest growing known plant on Earth with uses that range from construction, to food, to cloth and clothing. It's almost like it was designed as the perfect sustainable resource.

With global population on course to hit almost 9 billion by 2050, how can we possibly feed all the world's people in a sustainable manner? Ask an entomophagist, and he'll likely tell you: Bugs might just be the answer.

Conventional wisdom portrays the collectivist view that sustainability and sustainable development are policies and initiatives to protect the environment against abuses of humanity and thereby promote the benefit of the masses.

Aquaponics is an Earth friendly, sustainable solution to feed the world's hungry population. Aquaponic gardening conserves water, grows crops and raises fish to eat in areas that in the past were impossible.

Posana Cafe, 1 Biltmore Ave. in Ashville, North Carolina, has an affordable, 100 percent gluten-free menu. It also supports the environment by buying locally sourced food, by engaging in sustainable agriculture practices and by recycling its waste.

So what is a Locavore or a Localvore anyway? The Locavore movement started in San Francisco with four women who decided to promote the idea of eating foods that were only grown or produced in a 100-mile radius.