Foraging bats–bats who live in green spaces– prefer organic farms over conventional farms, according to a recent Italian study. Farm management was the greatest indicator of bat activity, and...
Jul 17, 2023
Organically cultivated soil hosts a more diverse microbiome than that of conventionally-farmed land, where many farmers treat their crops with synthetic chemicals to fight soil borne diseases....
Sep 23, 2022
Biodiversity is a term used to refer to the number of species in one region or ecosystem, and for the first time,...
Aug 23, 2022
When farmers increase the number of crops in their fields, this in turn changes the landscape, and wild pollinators stand to benefit, according to a paper published yesterday in...
Jun 07, 2022
When modeling the benefits of replacing beef consumption with fermented plant protein, a study found that just replacing 20...
May 25, 2022
As written in Eurasia Review:
How effective environmental measures in agriculture are for biodiversity and wild bee...
May 13, 2022
After learning that hungry chimpanzees feeding on maize fields bordering forests in Uganda benefit from the nutrition of...
Apr 27, 2022
For the first time, researchers evaluated if a statewide initiative that pushes all farmers in the state of Andhra Pradesh...
Dec 13, 2021
A recent study published in the journal Insect Conservation and Diversity found that non-crop flowering fields are helpful in attracting bumblebees to cropland, but organically managed crops rich...
Dec 06, 2021
A new study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology shows the importance of maintaining biodiversity to achieve natural pest control and reduce the use of insecticides. Specifically, the study...
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