Posts tagged "food"

Tips on Farm Fencing

In case you have the desire to grow your some fruits in a small farm, one challenging task especially for new farmers is fencing the farms. There are various quick fix ways of doing it; however that will end being more expensive in the long run. In installing fences for farm, strength, maintenance requirements, durability...

How Modern Energy Technologies Can Minimize Over-Population Impact on Earth

We all know that human population on the earth is growing at an alarming rate. This has led to speculations that at some point in our existence here on earth, we may run out of energy resources as a result of increased pressure and over-use. It is true that the resources on the earth may...

The Problem with Dependence on Rainfall in Parts of Africa

It is no longer news that parts of Africa are ravaged by extreme droughts and devastating food shortages. In most of these places, farming is the main stay of the economy. Over the years, farmers in Africa – both small and large scale have depended on rainfall as the source of water for their large...

Dark Side of vegetables: black tomatoes!

Israelis farmers have created a kind of tomato with a red interior, but with a very dark skin color, which darkens as tomatoes ripen in the sun. The researchers crossed wild varieties cultivated varieties of tomato, resulting in a new variety with striking aspect in color almost black fruit (botanically speaking, what we call “red”...