Mango producers in Andalucia on a war footing

MANGOES ANDALUCIA

Last October, mango producers in Andalucia (Spain) met and discussed abandoning cultivation due to the low prices imposed by distribution chains, which, they claimed, meant that between 70 and 80 percent were purchased below what they considered worthy, hiding behind that did not meet caliber standards. The provincial secretary of the COAG agrarian organization in … Read more

Dónde encontrar productos ecológicos en los supermercados españoles

ECO EN SUPERMERCADOS ESPAÑJOLES

La producción ecológica es también llamada biológica u orgánica y los consumidores están cada vez más interesados en productos sostenibles. Sin embargo, todavía son escasos y caros, cuestan en promedio un 54 % más que los productos de marca privada no orgánicos y tres veces más que los productos convencionales de las dichas Marca A, … Read more

Top Countries for Organic Food

organic farming statistics

According to the number of producers, India was the world’s top producer of organic foods in 2020. India had about 1.6 million organic food producers in that year, which was more than all organic food producers combined in the other nine major industrialized nations. Consumption of organic food Denmark and Switzerland are the two top-ranking … Read more

The Importance of Organic Farming

The goal of organic farming, as a comprehensive approach to farm management, is to establish a food production system that is socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable. Instead of relying on external farming inputs like pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, additives, and genetically engineered organisms, organic farming is more specifically oriented on maintaining the agroecosystem. To put it … Read more

The Art of Recycling into Art

Glass bottles, plastic bags, and other rubbish that would typically end up in landfills or drifting in the ocean have, in the hands of some artists, evolved into a type of sustainable art that both exposes the state of the environment and astounds with its creativity. As far as the mind can imagine, the possibilities … Read more

Cultivando en el Planeta Rojo

planeta rojo

“Houston, tenemos tomates” Al igual que para nuestros antepasados era descabellado pensar en surcar los cielos, posiblemente a nosotros nos parezca imposible pensar en cultivar alimentos en el espacio. Sin embargo, con el paso del tiempo, no solo hemos conseguido surcar los cielos, sino que también el espacio, por lo que cada día, mes, y … Read more