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Image: newswise.com Jessie Haas When UVM agronomic and soils specialist Heather Darby initiated a study of twenty grass-fed dairy farms three years ago, there were 130 of them nationwide. This year she is heading a study of all grass-fed dairies, and there are now 500. The effort is funded by a $1 million grant […] Image drawn by Ben Fulton – Enhanced by N.R. Mallery David Fried The way it sits there. The way they all work together as one. Fluttering and relaxing to produce energy from the sun. How does a leaf open? I don’t really know. I want someone to […] Image: pixabay.com Evan Lawrence In Vermont, a program that pays farmers to generate electricity from cow manure provides enough power for 3,200 homes. In New York, farmers are discouraged by low power prices that make it difficult for the expensive manure-powered systems to break even. Fourteen of Vermont’s roughly 800 dairy farms […] POPULAR WEED KILLER FOUND IN TOP BEER AND WINE BRANDS This popular weed killer is a known carcinogen. Practices of using it is toxic to the environment and people, as well as wildlife. It is banned in many states. Image: dewereldmorgen.be February 25, 2019 A new report shows that numerous beers and wines, including […] Community Advocates for a Sustainable Environment will be holding a forum entitled “What You Eat Affects the Environment”. The event, co-sponsored by the Green Sanctuary Committee will take place on March 13, 2019 in Channing Hall at the First Unitarian Universalist Church located at 405 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The […] Sprouted sunflower seeds. Image by David Fried. David Fried When we plant a seed, we are leaning into the future. Now that it’s winter, there are not a lot of seeds being planted. There is not a lot of green. The light that has that soft light green-yellow glow as it comes […] Saffron crocuses blooming in a raised bed within a Peck Solar array in New Haven, VT. Image: A. Ghalehgolabbehbahani, UVM. A Win-Win for the Environment and Agriculture Margaret Skinner, Bruce L. Parker and Arash Ghalehgolabbehbahani, who demonstrated that saffron could be profitably grown in Vermont, have teamed up with Peck Solar to […] Diagram showing the workflow of the PrintReleaf application. Courtesy image. George Harvey Forests are among the best resources we have for drawing down atmospheric carbon dioxide. And yet, despite their importance, we cut them down for a wide variety of purposes. Many of these put the carbon dioxide the forest trees had captured back […] Stonewall Farm Hub Launch on September 21, 2018. Image: Karl Thidemann. Jessie Haas Julie Davenson, executive director of Stonewall Farm, a non-profit working dairy farm in Keene, NH, was researching regenerative ways to improve Stonewall’s overgrazed pastures when she happened upon the book The Soil Will Save Us, by Kirsten Ohlsen. There she learned […] |
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