'Całujące się' rośliny być może mogą dawać początek nowym gatunkom. Number of Animals Killed to Produce One Million Calories in Eight Food Categories, AnimalVisuals.org. Figure 1: A diet of plants causes the fewest animals to be killed.
Leaving chickens and eggs out of our diets will have the greatest effect on reducing the suffering and death caused by what we eat. Introduction In a 2003 article in the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Steven Davis advanced the argument that fewer animals would be harmed if we consumed a diet containing large herbivores (namely cattle) fed on pasture than if we consumed a vegan diet, based on his calculation that more wild animals would be killed in crop harvesting than in producing food from a ruminant-pasture-forage system[1]. Need to Know: Robots down on the farm. On this week's "TechKnow," Marita Davison explores two innovative robots that are helping farms and vineyards change the way they plant and pick their crops.
Agrobot is a Spanish company that has developed an innovative way to pick strawberries. Their SW 6010 harvester uses cameras to analyze a vine and select only the ripest berries: The Agrobot makes strawberry picking more efficient, though some human contribution is still required. The delicate nature of strawberries requires that they be packed into containers by hand. Vision Robotics has developed several produce and harvest management automation projects, including robots that can thin lettuce crops, estimate croploads in orchards, and survey orange groves. Where the World's Unsold Cars Go To Die. In the past several years, one of the topics covered in detail on these pages has been the surge in such gimmicks designed to disguise lack of demand and end customer sales, used extensively by US automotive manufacturers, better known as "channel stuffing", of which General Motors is particularly guilty and whose inventory at dealer lots just hit a new record high.
But did you know that when it comes to flat or declining sales and stagnant end demand, channel stuffing is merely the beginning? Presenting... Where the World's Unsold Cars Go To Die (courtesy of Vincent Lewis' Unsold Cars) Above is just a few of the thousands upon thousands of unsold cars at Sheerness, United Kingdom. Please do see this on Google Maps....type in Sheerness, United Kingdom. The Incredibly Beautiful Skyscraper That Works Just Like A Tree (But Better) World Food Clock. The Life of A Cow (Infographic) Many people are surprised to learn that nearly all cows used for milk are born with tissue that will develop into horns.
GrowCube promises to grow food with ease indoors (hands-on) Food.
It's a bit of a big issue. After all, half the world doesn't have enough, and the other half has so much it doesn't really know where it comes from. Chris Beauvois, a software developer turned inventor, has created a device that could potentially solve both of these problems in a single swoop. 2013 July 24 - A Year of Sky on Earth. It’s Not a Fairytale: Seattle to Build Nation’s First Food Forest. Forget meadows.
The city’s new park will be filled with edible plants, and everything from pears to herbs will be free for the taking. Seattle’s vision of an urban food oasis is going forward. A seven-acre plot of land in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood will be planted with hundreds of different kinds of edibles: walnut and chestnut trees; blueberry and raspberry bushes; fruit trees, including apples and pears; exotics like pineapple, yuzu citrus, guava, persimmons, honeyberries, and lingonberries; herbs; and more.
All will be available for public plucking to anyone who wanders into the city’s first food forest. “This is totally innovative, and has never been done before in a public park,” Margarett Harrison, lead landscape architect for the Beacon Food Forest project, tells TakePart. “The concept means we consider the soils, companion plants, insects, bugs—everything will be mutually beneficial to each other,” says Harrison. Compact multipurpose scooter for crowded megacities. The Sustainable City. China's Filthy Air Prompts Mask Rush, Cans of Fresh Air. <br/><a href=" US News</a> | <a href=" Business News</a> Copy For the fourth time this year, a murky haze has descended over north China, leaving residents of Beijing choking on toxic smog.
China's air hasn't been this bad since 1954, according to the state-run People's Daily newspaper. In a remarkable record of dirty air, 24 out of January's first 29 days this year had air classified as hazardous. Solar Decathlon. The Solar Decathlon showcases student-built houses powered exclusively by the sun.
Credit: Richard King/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon is an international competition that challenges 20 collegiate teams to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar-powered house. The winner of the competition is the team that best blends affordability, consumer appeal, and design excellence with optimal energy production.
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