Posted on June 12, 2016 by KK
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Figure 1. Life Cycle Assessment (Anctil and Fthenakis 2012). Understanding methodologies in calculating the energy flows of food systems is an essential part of making systems more sustainable and efficient. Is a good tool to measure the environmental…
Category: Sustainable Movement Tags: carbon footprint, cradle to grave, energy flow, environmentally sustainable, Exploring Health and Environmental Costs of Food, food systems, International Journey of Life Cycle Assessment, LCA, LCA model, LCA research, life cycle assessment, sustainable, Sustainable Food Systems, SWOT analysis, Third Generation Photovoltaics, triple bottom line
Posted on February 5, 2016 by KK
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Our first records of weather tracking from the U.S. Weather Bureau were from 1898 for relative humidity, winds and temp. It wasn’t until radiosonde initiatives were launched in 1938 that we were able to test temperature,…
Category: Sustainable Movement Tags: 1934, Agriculture, America, cattle ranching, Colorado, Dust Bowl, erosion, Forest Service, Great Depression, Great Plains, Henry Wallace, History of Agriculture, Kansas, Lewis Gray, New Agricultural Reform, New Deal Agricultural Conservation, New Mexico, NYC, Oklahoma, Rexford Tugwell, Roosevelt, Shelterbelt Program, Soil, Soil Conservation Service, sustainable, sustainable agriculture, Taylor Grazing Act, Texas, U.S. Weather Bureau, wheat farming
Posted on March 31, 2015 by KK
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Organic Red Hard Wheat growing in our largest garden bed and planted as the first crop to build the soil! We purchased this seed from Thayer Feed and Seed LLC at the Mother Earth News Fair…
Category: Agrarian, Chickens, Gardening, Organic, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Movement Tags: agrarian, Austin Energy, bioregion, building soil, Central Texas, Coyote Creek Farm, CSA, energy cycle, Farmers Market, fodder, food movement, forage-producing capacity, Grass Farming, grazing management system, green manure, healthy food, heritage breed diversification, husbandry, Joel Salatin, Kansas, Manor, mixed farming system, Native Seed Company, native seeds, nature, nutiritve cycle, pasture's ecosystem, Polyface Farm, Salad Bar Beef, sustainable, sustainable farming, Texas, Thayer, Thayer Feed and Seed, value added products