Wind energy may do more than improve farm income. When sited in agricultural fields, turbines may help crops to grow, new research indicates.
“Mining” Groundwater in India Reaches New Lows
Small-scale rainwater harvesting and new crops could fill the gap
Resilience links: Waste water, water storage, and cooperatives
Water storage could help during droughts and floods, and ….
Pakistan flooding because of farms?
The country’s current floods are far worse because of decades of river and floodplain mismanagement, experts say
Saving Fuel on the Farm by Making Hay
A new look at crop rotations show farms could cut their energy use and still stay in business
“I predict we will see global protein shortages within our own lifetime.”
—Peter Barr, Chairman of the Meat and Livestock Commission
Read: “A Time of Warming”
Chapter 1 (and preface) of Brian Fagan’s book “The Great Warming”
Read: “Organic farming boosts biodiversity” by James Randerson
New Scientist, 11 Oct 2004
Read: “Intensive farming good for forests” by Fred Pearce
New Scientist, 25 Aug 2009
Success story: Regreening Africa with forested farms
Farmers in West Africa are encouraging saplings to grow, making their land much more productive
