photo credit: epredator In this new world of eco-consciousness, concern of global warming, home business and entrepreneurship, a gourmet treasury of backyard mini-farm opportunities are being born. They range from substantial extra streams of income to full-time income, and from rooftops, even apartments (!) to farms on small acreage. Out of the ashes of the [...]

photo credit: kashyap_hc Farm owners and local citizens involved in boosting the success of their own local and regional economy and local farms may want to take agritourism very seriously. Agritourism is a branch of eco-tourism. Interestingly, when done right, it flourishes when funds for travel are up, as well as when funds for travel [...]

photo credit: Felix Francis The green economy is developing whole new sections of business. One section that is just beginning to get some attention is the skin and cosmetics industry. There is lots of information available about skin care, however not enough about the importance of safety, health and how to find and purchase clean, [...]

Organic” Is A Marketing Label

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

photo credit: OakleyOriginals With everyone and their mother jumping onto the Green Movement bandwagon, words like Organic, Natural, Safe, are tossed around like water balloons at a county fair. If you’re the one catching the balloon, make sure it doesn’t unexpectedly go SPLAT all over you. The key to successfully navigating the New Green World [...]

photo credit: aeroSoul Once the areas major agricultural product, hemp is making a comeback in the Altiplano area of Granada, Spain. Until the late nineteen sixties industrial hemp growing formed the backbone of this wholly agricultural area of Spain. Towards the end of the Franco era, with the invention of nylon and the mechanisation of [...]

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