by Admin | Oct 26, 2016 | Business, Environmental hazards, Information
Agriculture is a constant battle against the elements. Farmers need to worry about the weather, the soil, and pests that want to eat their crops before they can send them to market. As farming has become a bigger business, focused on turning over huge crops, we’ve...
by Admin | Jun 6, 2016 | Articles, Climate Change
A recent study from Purdue University has found that bees collect the vast majority of their pollen from uncultivated crops, but that they still come into contact with a lot of pesticides and herbicides which pose a threat to them. While bees do collect pollen from...
by Admin | May 19, 2014 | Articles, Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards
According to recent scientific research, rising carbon dioxide emissions are set to make the world’s largest staple food crops less nutritious. Field trials of wheat, rice, maize and soybeans showed that higher CO2 levels significantly reduced the levels of the...
