Ten years ago, few people could have imagined that the First Family would rip up part of the White House lawn and plant a vegetable garden. But that's exactly what happened in March, when Michelle Obama started work on a 1,100 ...READ MORE›
Peter, your query on Roof Top Gardens: Yokogawa Electric Asia in Singapore maintains a roof-top hydroponics garden.
Here employees are allowed to grow their own vegetables like tomatoes, rock melon, cucumber for home consumption, ...READ MORE›
Yesterday, we reported on the Cleveland Galleria mall's plan to build a massive urban greenhouse where retail shops once stood. The real story, it turns out, is what the two people behind the Gardens Under Glass project have planned ...READ MORE›
Raise a glass to the New Year -- and to the drinks that bring it in with style. Master chefs and masterly wine experts create new concoctions and select old favorites.READ MORE›
Ethanol is commonly produced from crops like corn, switchgrass, sugar cane and sweet sorghum. But the next big ethanol crop might the ultimate summer fruit: Watermelon. A 20-pound watermelon can yield 1.4 pounds of sugar, which can ...READ MORE›
From the crumbling ashes of the fallen financial system rises a new type of bank: one for heirloom seeds. It sounds like the beginning of a post-apocalyptic novel, but it's really happening in Petaluma, California, where an abandoned ...READ MORE›
We learned last week that the Obama's are working on a 1,100-square-foot White House vegetable garden to be cared for by local fifth graders and the first family. Now web-based vegetable-garden design application Plangarden has ...READ MORE›
I grew up in New York City. I think I knew one family who had a garden, and they lived in a then-rural part of northern Yonkers. Even those others of my parents' friends who'd moved out to the suburbs got their veggies in the ...READ MORE›
No matter what may think, if you are in the presence of too much loud noise, you WILL eventually lose your hearing. However, there are certain nutrients you can eat to help maintain your current state of hearing. -Magnesium: In a ...READ MORE›
Leaders of the new food culture say rip up the South Lawn and plant a vegetable garden. Is this the beginning of the recessionary Victory Garden?READ MORE›
Bikes rigged to provide power for laptops, TVs, and other electronics are nothing new, but the water-recycling garden uses pedal-power for a different purpose: watering plants. The water-recycling garden, currently on display at ...READ MORE›
Bees are the buzzing guardians of the food chain--without them, some of our favorite fruits and vegetables (strawberries, almonds, watermelon, and cucumbers, to name a few) would never get pollinated. That realization--along with a ...READ MORE›
For nearly 40 years, the Belleville Farmer's Market in Belleville, IL has been delighting its customers. In recent years, the produce industry has seen dramatic changes. Now the community market faces fierce competition from big box stores and large grocery chains. In order to compete, the market is using technology tools to gain a competitive advantage. READ MORE›
Think of it as the Match.com for the locavore movement: FoodHub connects small and regional producers with food buyers for restaurants, corporate cafeterias, public schools--even state prisons. We spoke with Deborah Kane, VP of food ...READ MORE›
How many more people would start backyard gardens if they didn't have to spend time and energy on the set-up process? Probably a lot--at least, that's what designer Chris Chapman hopes to prove with his Roll-Out Veg ...READ MORE›
No matter what may think, if you are in the presence of too much loud
noise, you WILL eventually lose your hearing. There is no doubt in
anyone’s mind that South Miami is one of the loudest cities in the U.S
especially highly ...READ MORE›
Levy Restaurants knows how to feed a crowd--with discipline, a helping of creativity, and, as needed, a dash of resilience. Plus the occasional lasagna.READ MORE›
Remember that roll-out vegetable mat we looked at this week? Turns out it makes harvesting fruits and vegetables look like hard work compared to the National Physical Laboratory's (NPL) intelligent harvesting machine. The proposed ...READ MORE›
Think the spinach in supermarkets isn't as nutrient-packed as the stuff that comes straight out of the ground? Think again. The unpleasant fluorescent lighting found in grocery stores actually enhances the nutritional value of ...READ MORE›
All most well-known fashion jewellery-houses are introduced in every largest contemporary world?S money, and their number is still increasing. Celebrities and movie-stars, who regularly grow in the reports, promote not at all ...READ MORE›
More and more consumer is looking for organic foods such as fruits and vegetables. Although organic crops are much expensive than ordinary fruits and vegetables people continuously buy organic crops.READ MORE›
Share on StumbleUpon
Share on LinkedIn