What's healthier: a vegan diet or the Mediterranean Diet? Neal Barnard, M.D., clears up the confusion in a presentation from the International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine on Aug. 10, 2018 in Washington,... continue reading

The doctor that's been vegan for over 60 years. Practicing surgery until age 95, Dr. Wareham was treating heart-disease on people half his age - a disease that he never got thanks to his vegan diet... continue reading

Plant-based diets improve heart health, according to three new review studies published by the Physicians Committee's research team. Neal Barnard, M.D., Hana Kahleova, M.D., Ph.D., and Susan Levin, M.S.,... continue reading

"... Every once in a while, all the oaks or spruces or other plants in a region suddenly produce a tremendous bounty of seeds – up to 100 times more than usual. But why do they do it, and how do they... continue reading

posted by ant 10 months 2 weeks ago • 178 views • 2:57

YouTube description: In the village of Inakadate, Japan, elaborate expanses of “rice paddy art” grace the surrounding landscape. Looking for a way to boost tourism and contribute to the village’s... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 5 months 3 weeks ago • 966 views • 3:21

Plants are constantly under attack. They face threats ranging from microscopic fungi to small herbivores like caterpillars, up to large herbivores like elephants. But plants are ready, with a whole series... continue reading

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Most of the time, the wasabi you get in a restaurant or buy in a store is fake. It’s actually horseradish that’s colored green. Why? Well, wasabi is a notoriously difficult plant to grow. In fact,... continue reading

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YouTube description: Cashews are a member of the same family as poison ivy, Anacardiaceae. Like poison ivy and many other members of the family, part of the cashew plant contains an oily chemical called... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,150 views • 2:07

I built a prawn trap from lawyer cane, sticks and vine. Then I caught some prawns and ate them. Prawn (and fish) traps are simple traps designed to catch aquatic life due to their shape. It consists... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 248 views • 7:16

"Farmers, pharmacists and energy experts! Leaf-cutter ants put on quite a show. In established colonies, millions of 'workers' cut and carry sections of leaves larger than their own bodies as part of... continue reading

posted by ant 2 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 27 views • 2:29

If that’s all a healthy plant-based diet could do—reverse the #1 killer of men and women—shouldn’t that be the default diet until proven otherwise?

As urban populations continue to rise, innovators are looking beyond traditional farming as a way to feed everyone while having less impact on our land and water resources. Vertical farming is one solution... continue reading

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I've always loved Dandelions

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I built a fenced enclosure and cultivated sweet potatoes (from civilisation) and yams (from the wild) in it. I originally had a small 3X3 m garden behind the wattle and daub hut that already had some sweet... continue reading

posted by cricket 2 years 10 months ago • 937 views • 6:26

"The avocado is highly regarded by many people as delicious and nutritious, but the most extraordinary thing about avocados may be their very existence..." From http://boingboing.net/2016/04/01/in-plant-evolution-term... continue reading

posted by ant 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 829 views • 3:54

Introduction to getting the most nutrition out of a meal.

The journey from seed to plant in a new automated horticulture system. These plants are propagated without any daylight by a completely automatic process. Systems like these have amazing potential for... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 3 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 559 views • 2:16

iflscience.com: In the debate of who would win a battle between a shark and a crocodile, no one would back a snake. But that might change with a series of photos of an epic struggle where a crocodile came... continue reading

posted by Zawash 3 years 11 months ago • 494 views • 47 secs

McDonald's Canada wants to come clean about the McNuggets. We're shown a tour of the nuggets manufacturing plant (subcontracted to Cargill). All seems legit except they don't show what's going on in the... continue reading

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