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Kelsall uses a forest-like setting to grow the food, which includes fruits, vegetables, and other plant-based foods. He doesn’t use any chemical fertilizers or pesticides, and never disturbs the soil.

“We can plant upland rice and so on ... with focus on reforesting degraded forests while planting food crops at the same time. “Hopefully this [project] will become a PSN,” he said.

“I need to hunt and fish. My body doesn’t want to eat just these plants.” The Tsimane of Bolivia get most of their food from the river, the forest, or fields and gardens carved out of the fores ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — New research using publicly-shared DNA barcodes and citizen science images have provided new evidence on the establishment and spread of a biological ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — A study has identified key genetic pathways in corn that help its roots branch out to find water in soil; the varieties adapted to temperate regions like the U.S. corn belt showed ...

Only 18 of 119 forests within the world network of biosphere reserves perform better for all ecosystem functions than those outside, with increased functions correlated to greater forest cover ...

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Gazing out my window, I see trees and plants painted silver, with tiny diamonds reflecting the rays of the morning sun. The ice storm had slipped through undetected in the dead of night, leaving ...

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