by NTP Staff | Dec 13, 2012 | Intern Blog
I grew up in Colorado and can’t seem to stay away. I first moved to Buffalo, NY to accept a synchronized swimming scholarship at Canisius College, but returned to complete my B.A. in Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology at CU Boulder in 2009. My interests...
by NTP Staff | Dec 12, 2012 | Intern Blog
History has shown that an increase in soil salinity results in a decrease in crop productivity, and ultimately, the struggles to sustain a community. One of the earliest and most major occurrences of an increase in salinity happened during 2400-1700 BC in ancient...
by NTP Staff | Dec 11, 2012 | Intern Blog
I grew up in Indiana and moved to Colorado in 2007. My educational background is in agronomy and pharmaceutics from Purdue, and environmental engineering from Colorado State. I have always enjoyed science and math and I love to apply those principles to the real...
by NTP Staff | Dec 10, 2012 | Intern Blog
The key benefit of aquaponic systems, as contrasted to conventional agriculture, is reduced water usage. Water is only lost from absorption and transpiration by plants, evaporation from fish ponds, and biomass removal. Plant absorption and biomass removal are usually...
by NTP Staff | Dec 6, 2012 | Intern Blog
I’ve recently finished studying in Saudi Arabia, where I completed my M.S. degree in Environmental Science and Engineering. I moved back to Northern Colorado because I consider it my home, and its natural beauty was what motivated me to pursue the environmental...
by NTP Staff | Dec 5, 2012 | Aquaculture, Aquaponics, Sustainability, Urban Farming
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by NTP Staff | Oct 31, 2012 | Intern Blog, Publication, Uncategorized
Happy Halloween! Here are this week’s headlines. In honor of the holiday, we have an article about horror films that convey a message of sustainability and environmentalism, methane seeps accelerating global warming, vertical farms, hurricane Sandy and global...
by ddorband | Oct 30, 2012 | Ecology, Multimedia, People Profiles, Video
This is part three in a three part interview series with renown philosopher, environmental activist, and eco feminist Dr. Vandana Shiva. In this series she talks about the safety of biotechnology, the ability of all of us to be able to freely use their own seeds, and...
by NTP Staff | Oct 26, 2012 | Business, Ecology, Education, Food, People Profiles
Take a look at the highlights from Nourish The Planet and around the web this week: The Strangely True Tale Of Johnny Appleseed – The Johnny Appleseed story may be one of legend but it is also one of truth. Obama and Romney, Oil and Science – Andrew Revkin...
by NTP Staff | Oct 24, 2012 | Intern Blog, Publication, Uncategorized
Here are this week’s headlines! We have news on food prices, expensive farmland, an excellent OpEd by Mark Bittman, the color blue and why you shouldn’t eat Chinese food. Enjoy! A Simple Fix for Farming – Excellent piece by Mark Bittman about a...
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