by NTP Staff | Aug 8, 2012 | Aquaponics, Business, Ecology, Food, Gardening, Sustainability, Urban Farming
Here’s this week’s headline round up. It’s a great selection of everything from overpopulation doom to mini-indoor aquaponics. Enjoy! The Implications of Overpopulation are Terrifying: “…the demand for food will have doubled by 2050;...
by NTP Staff | Aug 2, 2012 | Education, Food, Gardening, Intern Blog, Sustainability
Last year in Ukraine a young farmer made a donation for the Kid’s Charity sending seeds to grow vegetables. Ruslan got attached to plants since school. At the age of 13 he got attention of some local newspapers for his passion and interest in plants. His favorite...
by ddorband | Aug 1, 2012 | Ecology, Food, Multimedia, Video
America Revealed is a program on PBS that seeks to take a look at what makes up the America we know. The program focuses on giving its viewers “a fascinating new perspective on the hidden patterns and rhythms of American life, by looking through the eyes of...
by NTP Staff | Jul 19, 2012 | Business, Food, Intern Blog, People Profiles, Publication
Almaty, Kazakhstan. Coming here to America made me realize how good and delicious vegetables and fruits are from home. My family almost never buys vegetables or fruits from the grocery stores instead we buy them from a woman who has her own little farm. She has a huge...
by NTP Staff | Jul 18, 2012 | Ecology, Food, Livestock, Sustainability
It’s hot. And dry. Here in Northern Colorado, we can’t escape the reality of this drought that’s touching more and more of the US. Many of this week’s headlines are about the impacts of this drought, and I’ll continue to follow this...
by NTP Staff | Jul 13, 2012 | Education, Food, Multimedia, People Profiles, Video
Ann Cooper has been known as the “Renegade Lunch Lady” for speaking out against the traditional school lunch. In a nation where children are born with shorter estimated life expectancies than their parents because of diet-related illness, Ann is a...
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