Urban apiary: Bees from urban apiaries are often reported to be healthier than their rural counterparts, a pattern that is often attributed to cities’ having higher floral diversity and lower pesticide prevalence than rural-agricultural landscapes. This pattern remains anecdotal, though, and a recent empirical study of honey bee success patterns in Ohio, USA, found a weakly negative […]
Hawaiian Watersheds & Antibiotic Free
HAWAIIAN WATERSHEDS Hawaiian watersheds are to be described as a Hawaiian rain forest, which captures and saves large amounts of water. Total value of a single Hawaiian Watershed = $7.4-14 Billion Unfortunately, Hawaii’s watersheds are deteriorating and under attack by animals like pigs, goats and deer and aggressive non-native weeds. With government funding scarce and […]
Shannon Meserve – Lexicon Research
Humane Slaughter Human Slaughter is growing to become an important topic. The emergence of awareness and concern for animal suffering when is a crucial topic for societies that want healthier meat in their diet. As a part of raising animals ethically they must be respected in life and death. It is important give animals […]
Aidan Bauer’s Lexicon Research – Gleaning and Experiential Learning
Gleaning What it is the act of collecting leftover crops from farmers fields after they have been harvested History practiced since biblical times as an act of charity, where it was required that farmers leave the corners of their fields unharvested so those less fortunate would have something a legal right for cottagers in England […]
Know Your Farmer + Seed Sovereignty
Know Your Farmer – In our society, we are often greatly disconnected from the people we interact and purchase things from on a daily basis. It used to be commonplace for people to trade or barter food, and do so on a personal level with farmers in their area. Nowadays, shopping at a local supermarket […]
Lexicon Research – Salmon Safe – Wild Harvest
Salmon Safe Salmon Safe is the encouragement of the adaption of ecologically sustainable agricultural practices that protect water quality and spawning grounds of native salmon and trout. David uses natural locations for his fish, he uses large trees with roots around his spawns in order to keep the banks solid even during the spring and […]
Humane Slaughter and Urban Apiary/Agriculture
Humane Slaughter From what I have gathered for research of Humane Slaughter, I have come to the conclusion that it is not just about how we slaughter the food that we eat, but also how we treat the food when it lives. It is just as important to treat the animals with care and compassion […]
Pastured Poultry + Grass Farming
Grass farming and Pastured Poultry really go hand in hand, so I feel as if I can combine them into one research bout. Both practices are being done by Joel Salatin on Polyface farm in Virginia. This is a farming practice in which livestock is brought up in fields and pastures eating grass or their […]
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Gleaning is a practice with history that dates back to biblical times but has acquired a new importance in today’s highly commercial agricultural world. Gleaning is the practice of collecting all the left behind crops after the commercial harvest and using them for non-profitable gains. These crops can go towards feeding those who cannot afford […]
Lexicon Research
This is a design assignment–try to keep the focus on design. For background in the Design Principles behind sustainability, watch the following films: Permaculture: A Quiet Revolution How Permaculture Can Save Humanity and the Earth, but Not Civilization, Toby Hemenway Pick two posters from the lexicon set of 24. we will use a redundant model (mimicking […]