organic farming Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 19:19:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Australian Desert Farm Uses no Freshwater, Soil or Fossil Fuels to Make Food https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sundrop-organic-farm-desert-australia-20161017/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sundrop-organic-farm-desert-australia-20161017/#respond Mon, 17 Oct 2016 19:19:36 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=60665 Sundrop Farms produces healthy, sustainable food in the middle of the Australian Desert, without using pesticides, fossil fuels or fresh water. The scarcity of food resources in many parts of the world is one of the major population threats. Agricultural lands deplete continuously, as climate change and inappropriate agricultural practices cause intense soil degradation and […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sundrop-organic-farm-desert-australia-20161017/feed/ 0 60665 Cochin Airport, India – World’s First Fully Powered by Solar Panels https://www.greenoptimistic.com/cochin-airport-solar-power/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/cochin-airport-solar-power/#respond Thu, 17 Mar 2016 19:51:37 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=59597 Cochin International Airport in Kerala, India, is the first ever airport to be completely powered by solar. There are many success stories when it comes to solar- people going off grid thanks to their rooftop solar power, giant companies funding and co-financing big solar arrays to account for their energy consumption. However, nothing is quite as […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/cochin-airport-solar-power/feed/ 0 59597 Heroic Food: Helping Veterans through Sustainable Farming https://www.greenoptimistic.com/heroic-food-sustainable-farming/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/heroic-food-sustainable-farming/#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2015 11:22:27 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56286 American farming is in somewhat of a crisis, seeing as 30% of farmers are currently over the age of 65 and only 10% are younger than 35. At the same time, American veterans often face a multitude of challenges when they return home from the traumatic environment of war. Enter Heroic Food and Ennead Architects/Ennead […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/heroic-food-sustainable-farming/feed/ 0 56286 Fujitsu Takes Organic Vegg to New Level, Grows Them In Rooms https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fujitsu-takes-organic-vegg-new-level-grows-rooms-20140516/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fujitsu-takes-organic-vegg-new-level-grows-rooms-20140516/#respond Fri, 16 May 2014 10:57:44 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=47560 We all know, organic is good for you. Free from pesticides and toxins, any organic food is (in theory) much better and much healthier than its usual average supermarket mass-produced alternative. Having said that, there are parts of the world where organic is not the most preferred, and questionably the healthiest option. One such place […]

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