Katrina Blair
Organic
India has the highest number of organic farmers globally
India is home to 30 per cent of the total organic producers in the world, but accounts for just 2.59 per cent (1.5 million hectares) … India has the highest number of organic farmers globallyRead more
Birds eat 400 to 500 million tonnes of insects annually
Birds around the world eat 400 to 500 million metric tonnes of beetles, flies, ants, moths, aphids, grasshoppers, crickets and other anthropods per year. These … Birds eat 400 to 500 million tonnes of insects annuallyRead more
Largest rooftop farm – 17,000 square feet
Pike & Rose’s newest development isn’t a restaurant or a business. It’s a 17,000-square-foot farm that will provide produce to residents and nearby eateries. Up … Largest rooftop farm – 17,000 square feetRead more
Nicotra Group finds partner to run large, organic rooftop farm
The Nicotra Group has entered into a partnership with Brooklyn Grange to manage a 40,000-square-foot organic rooftop farm at Corporate Commons Three, which is being … Nicotra Group finds partner to run large, organic rooftop farmRead more
Carrots and communism: the allotments plotting a food revolution
One cold grey February morning, back in 2001, we turned the key and opened the creaking gate on to a world that could not have … Carrots and communism: the allotments plotting a food revolutionRead more
Montreal supermarket opens huge organic rooftop garden
When an IGA supermarket in the Saint-Laurent borough of Montreal was told by the city that it had to install a green roof on its … Montreal supermarket opens huge organic rooftop gardenRead more
Unbroken Ground
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No fertilisers, no pesticides, this Karnataka farmer uses only solar energy
Ecology can survive without economics but economics can’t survive without ecology. M K Kailash Murthy had learnt this the hard way. A banker-turned-farmer in Doddinduvadi … No fertilisers, no pesticides, this Karnataka farmer uses only solar energyRead more