Agriculture and Food Articles

• Rainforests
  Ecology Research
  Forest
  Nature
  Ecology
  Environmental Science
   
  

  Deforestation

  Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forest land use such as arable land, urban use, logged area or wasteland. Historically, this meant conversion to grassland or to its ... > more
• Infant's Health
  Agriculture and Food
  Food and Agriculture
  Organic
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Pesticide

  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or USEPA) defines a pesticide as "any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest". A pesticide ... > more
• Soil Types
  Organic
  Fungus
  Acid Rain
  Landslides
  Agriculture and Food
   
  

  Soil

  Soil is material capable of supporting plant life. Soil forms through a variety of soil formation processes, and includes weathered rock "parent material" combined with dead and living organic matter ... > more
• Grassland
  Ecology
  Ecology Research
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Soil Types
   
  

  Prairie Restoration

  Prairie Restoration is an ecologically friendly way to restore some of the prairie land that was lost to industry, farming and commerce. Ecologically, prairie restoration aids in conservation of our ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Food and Agriculture
  Invasive Species
  Agriculture and Food
  Nutrition
  Animals
   
  

  Characteristics of common wasps and bees

  There are many different characteristics of bees and wasps. Wasps and bees can be identified by a number of factors including color, coat, size, leg visibility when flying, behavior and ... > more
• Soil Types
  Water
  Food and Agriculture
  Agriculture and Food
  Environmental Issues
  Drought Research
   
  

  Irrigation

  Irrigation (in agriculture) is the replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops. The water source for irrigation may be a nearby or distant body of ... > more
• Endangered Plants
  Organic
  Soil Types
  Agriculture and Food
  Food and Agriculture
  Botany
   
  

  Hydroponics

  Hydroponics is the growing of plants without soil. Researchers of plant metabolism have discovered that plants absorb nutrients as simple ions in water. In natural conditions, soil acts as a nutrient ... > more
• Agriculture and Food
  Food and Agriculture
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Nutrition
   
  

  Rice

  Rice refers to two species of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia and to Africa, which together provide more than one fifth of the calories consumed by humans. Rice is an ... > more
• Allergy
  Seeds
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Agriculture and Food
   
  

  Peanut

  The peanut or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) is a species in the pea family Fabaceae native to South America. Although a nut in the culinary sense, in the botanical sense the fruit of the peanut is a ... > more
• Soil Types
  Organic
  Fungus
  Landslides
  Agriculture and Food
  Acid Rain
   
  

  Soil science

  Soil science deals with soil as a natural resource on the surface of the earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils ... > more

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