Agriculture and Food Articles

• Cows, Sheep, Pigs
  Agriculture and Food
  Animals
  Food
  Sports Medicine
  Veterinary Medicine
   
  

  Slaughterhouse

  A slaughterhouse, also called an abattoir, is a facility where farm animals are killed and processed into meat products. Slaughtering animals on a large scale poses significant logistical problems ... > more
• Animals
  Cows, Sheep, Pigs
  Veterinary Medicine
  Agriculture and Food
  Food
  Invasive Species
   
  

  Ranching

  Ranching is the raising of cattle or sheep on rangeland, although one might also speak of ranching with regard to less common ... > more
• Trees
  Food
  Botany
  Agriculture and Food
  Invasive Species
  Nature
   
  

  Apple

  The apple is a tree and its pomaceous fruit, of species Malus domestica in the rose family Rosaceae, is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. It is a small deciduous tree reaching 5-12 m ... > more
• Fisheries
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Agriculture and Food
  Sports Medicine
  Fish
   
  

  Shrimp farm

  A shrimp farm is an aquaculture business for the cultivation of marine shrimp or prawns for human consumption. Commercial shrimp farming began in the 1970s, and production grew steeply, particularly ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Invasive Species
  Animals
  Agriculture and Food
  Endangered Plants
  Botany
   
  

  Colorado potato beetle

  The Colorado potato beetle has also been known as the Colorado beetle, Ten-striped spearman, the Ten-lined potato beetle, and it can easily be confused with its close cousin the False Potato ... > more
• Solar Energy
  Energy Policy
  Energy Technology
  Wind Energy
  Petroleum
  Alternative Fuels
   
  

  Biomass

  Biomass is organic non-fossil material, collectively. In other words, 'biomass' describes the mass of all biological organisms, dead or alive, excluding biological mass that has been transformed by ... > more
• Seeds
  Sports Medicine
  Cholesterol
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Nutrition
   
  

  Canola

  Canola is a trademarked cultivar of the rapeseed plant from which rapeseed oil is obtained. It was initially bred in Canada by Keith Downey and Baldur Stefansson in the 1970s. Canola Oil is a term ... > more
• Water
  Soil Types
  Environmental Issues
  Drought Research
  Drought
  Ecosystems
   
  

  Evapotranspiration

  Evapotranspiration (ET) is the sum of evaporation and plant transpiration. Evaporation accounts for the movement of water to the air from sources such as the soil, canopy interception, and ... > more
• Organic
  Endangered Plants
  Soil Types
  Fungus
  Botany
  Agriculture and Food
   

  Square foot gardening

  Square Foot Gardening is a type of intensive gardening based on the idea that the wide rows in conventional home gardening are a waste of time and space, and that more quality vegetables can be grown ... > more
• Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Endangered Plants
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Food
  Botany
   
  

  Tomato

  The tomato is a short-lived perennial plant, grown as an annual plant, typically growing to 1-3 m tall, with a weakly woody stem that usually scrambles over other plants. There are a great many ... > more

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