Agriculture

Dimitra- Solving The Worlds Agricultural Problems With The Power Of Ag Tech We say blockchain is the future and it has the potential to change the world but have we ever thought of underdeveloped countries of what this technology can do for them, in what way can it make their…

Greetings and welcome to my blog on agriculture! As the saying by Stephen Hawking goes, “the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge,” It’s important for me, and every other true student, to subject our knowledge (or opinions) to the harsh weather of critiques…

Climate change is accelerating the risk on food production systems, due to increased frequency of extreme weather events such as floods and droughts, shifting patterns of rainfall and its changing intensity, has made the sowing and harvesting of crops extremely difficult and unpredictable. Rising demand for food due to continuous…

This story was supported by Oregon vegetable farmers and the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission. Somewhere between eighty and ninety percent of all the green beans grown in Oregon today are bush beans in a class called ‘Blue Lake’. There’s a lot to like about them. They make reliable, healthy bushes…

Space exploration has come a long way since the first satellite was launched into orbit. Today, we are exploring the possibility of space-based agriculture, which has the potential to revolutionize the way we produce food. With the Earth’s population expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, the need for sustainable…

There is something intriguing about the smell of steak on the BBQ, or bacon in the frying pan, but is the positive reaction of our olfactory system innate, or is it acquired and a matter of habit? Also, is this attractive smell related to the meat-nature of foods, or is…

I’m guilty of utilizing marketing tactics to gain traction in the marketplace without knowing the details and how true the statements really are. Early on, I was so new to agriculture, I based comments off of what I heard other “experts” saying. …

Yesterday, while making some new media for the spirulina to expand into, we noticed a swarm of bees clumping on some bamboo pots. We aren’t certain what exactly they were doing but I had assumed they would be gone by nightfall. …