Category: Organic Farming

The Nuestro Huerto project, by industrial designer Matías Salinas, seeks to create a family of products based on the reuse of vegetable waste and paper. The first of these is a biodegradable and fertilized pot made by the process of molding at high temperatures. This product is ideal for sowing starches as it is biodegradable

Urban agriculture and gardening is gaining momentum day by day. People are realizing the importance of self-reliance, especially when it comes to food production. Danish architects Sine Lindholm and Mads-Ulrick Husum have created ‘GrowMore’ in an attempt to foster this partnership. GrowMore is a modular urban gardening design that expands as your plants grow. The

Luke Keegan’s neighbors were in awe of what he did in their garden. A lawned garden has been turned into an ecological urban vegetable garden with which he supplies his neighbors with free vegetables. The front garden of Luke’s house was the usual one in any bungalow in his neighborhood, lawns and more lawns. But

Image: FotoHelin – Shutterstock. Diatomaceous earth is a component that is present in many insecticides. However, it has wide uses in industry and in the home. Know its usefulness for the garden, to remove lice and as a dewormer, among other uses. Diatomaceous earth is made up of the fossilized remains of very small aquatic

Today we share the book Consume Less, Live Better : Practical Ideas for a More Conscious Consumption. Its author is Toni Lodeiro. Related: Living without money. Mark Boyle has done it. ” Consume Less, Live Better ” is a book that can be read for free online or purchased in its printed version. In its

With the goal of “turning any waste into something good” , six young Italian biotechnologists and energy engineers have designed a sustainable system that allows the extraction of clean energy from organic waste and a restorative product for the earth, Nutriento, which retains moisture and encourages the natural bioactivity of soils. The promoters of the

Turn the desert into a green, sustainable and more livable place. It is an ambitious goal, but the Sahara Forest project is going for it, which has launched in one of the driest areas of an already particularly arid country, Jordan, high-tech facilities for greenhouse cultivation and outdoors. Water desalination, salt production and photovoltaic installations

Bioarroz is a project where Spanish and Colombian researchers work together, who have managed to  transform rice husks into a fantastic organic fertilizer. In the tests carried out, it has been able to double the average rice production. In addition to use as a fertilizer, organic silicon is also extracted in the process that can

An intelligent system designed to provide a safe haven for the seeds before they are transplanted into the ground when it is time to sprout. The little plates fit together and assemble like a puzzle, providing a secure medium where we can grow our seeds. The material is organic and decomposes harmlessly. Designer: Trinidad Gana.

“Our moringa provides a complete protein with all nine essential amino acids . ” So far, the slogan of Kuli Kuli, American supplier of moringa, a vegetable that appears on the list of what is known as ‘ superfoods ‘. But, beyond the commercial claim and its success (it sells in more than 3,000 establishments