Summer is coming early this year. The heat of the past few days adds to the already very dry soil, as there has been little rain in winter. How to protect the vegetable garden against this period of drought? Here are 3 effective tips. Photo: Shutterstock Choose your plants If you want to save water, … Read more
Like forests and oceans, wetland plants are also very efficient at sequestering and storing carbon. And, good news, the recovery of these wetlands is progressing, at the same time increasing their capacity to be used as a natural and sustainable tool to combat climate change. When we talk about planetary resources for the storage of … Read more
There’s nothing like tasting the organic vegetables from your vegetable garden! And to enjoy a good harvest without having to spray your beautiful tomatoes with phytosanitary products, a technique has proven itself: planting flowers in the vegetable garden. In addition to bringing joy to your rows of vegetables, flowers, depending on their species, can attract … Read more
With the mercury soaring this week, we bet you’ve already planned your little scoop of ice cream. And as always, the next time you want to refill, you’ll swear when you see this layer of ice crystals covering your delicious vanilla ice cream. Don’t worry, it will soon be ancient history thanks to… cellulose from … Read more
Fly, lure, bend and drone! We are not stopping progress, except that this new, highly fashionable practice makes it possible to reach marine species that marine fisheries could not reach. A real scourge to biodiversity to the point that South Africa has decided to ban it. In mid-April, South Africa overcame a legal battle with … Read more
By enticing consumers who are sensitive to animal welfare or concerned about their health, “meat imitations” have taken supermarkets by storm all over the world. Powerful lever to reduce the impact of livestock farming, some experts qualify its nutritional and environmental benefits. “Imitation meat”, that is? First, there are vegetable substitutes, “steaks” made from soy … Read more
Imitating meat is not that “no panacea to solve all problems”warns the co-chair of the international panel of independent experts IPES-Food and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty, Olivier de Schutter, one of the authors of the study protein politicspublished in April. What are the arguments for reducing meat consumption? “According to United … Read more
Since mosquitoes can spoil you for an entire night, nap or meal in the sun, try to keep them away before they come to bite you. And for that it is still best to rely on the power of mosquito-repellent plants. Here are a few. Decorative tobacco: an ideal mosquito-repellent plant for the evening Photo: … Read more
If the caterpillar is known to be a vegetable garden parasite, the butterfly is an excellent pollinator for our crops. So, instead of chasing him out of your yard or balcony, invite him over and enjoy his unexpected benefits… Like our friend the bee, the butterfly plays a vital role in the garden by pollinating … Read more
“We, students of the Ecoles Normals Supérieure (ENS), make a commitment: to rethink our priorities in choosing our research topics, by aligning our scientific practice with the pressing challenges of this century.” A few days after the broadcast of the speech of a group of 8 students from AgroParisTech during their graduation, The world published, … Read more