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  • Campus Renewable Bioenergy Initiative Turns University Rubbish Into Energy
    News - 9 Mar 2009
    In a new Cornell University campus initiative, vegetable oil from dining hall fryers, animal bedding from campus barns, farm waste from university research, and other sources of biotrash will be...
  • Sustainability Boost Needed for Farmed Fish and Shrimps
    News - 2 Mar 2009
    Aquaculture, revealed in a key UN analysis today to be the basis of all future growth in global seafood production, desparately needs to be put on a more sustainable basis, leading global environment...
  • Natural Defences of Crops Against Predators
    News - 1 Mar 2009
    Ever since insects developed a taste for vegetation, plants have faced the same dilemma: use limited resources to out-compete their neighbors for light to grow, or, invest directly in defense against...
  • Produce More Ethanol at Less Cost by Shredding Corn Silage
    News - 23 Feb 2009
    A Purdue University researcher has found a way to get more bang for fewer bucks when it comes to processing cellulosic material to make ethanol. By shredding corn stover instead of chopping, as...
  • Targets Being Identified for High Yield Plant Breeding
    News - 16 Feb 2009
    Promoting genetic diversity in crops is traditional practice for agriculture professionals, and with today’s technology, scientists are able to develop breeding programs with great care for the...
  • CO2 Levels Boost Plant Respiration and May Affect Climate and Crops
    News - 9 Feb 2009
    The leaves of soybeans grown at the elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) levels predicted for the year 2050 respire more than those grown under current atmospheric conditions, researchers report, a finding...
  • Emissions Payments Could Make the Amazon Prosper
    News - 9 Feb 2009
    Global payments for ecological services rendered by the Amazon such as the carbon retaining in its forests could go a long way to preserving them, a new study has found. Keeping the Amazon...
  • Climate Change to be Fought by Green Economy
    News - 26 Jan 2009
    New figures released today show that moving to a "green" global economy could not only protect the planet from the worst effects of climate change but is surprisingly affordable....
  • Shade Grown Coffee Has Benefits for Biodiversity
    News - 23 Dec 2008
    Here's one more reason to say "shade grown, please" when you order your morning cup of coffee. Shade coffee farms, which grow coffee under a canopy of multiple tree species, not only...
  • Study Shows How Salt Water Irrigation Works
    News - 15 Dec 2008
    Take an arid field riddled with salty soil. Irrigate it with salty water. Plant a salt-tolerant grass along with a salt-sucking companion plant and what do you get? If you're a Brigham Young...

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