Agriculture is a major part as it provides the much-needed food products and other materials. But our current agricultural trend is doing nothing but harm the environment, reduce the nutritional value of the plant and deteriorate the natural fertility of the soil. The first part of the project will contain the causes for the crisis such as:
- Excessive use of chemical fertilizers
- Over irrigation
- Destroying large areas of forest land to convert into agricultural area
- Deteriorates the natural fertility of the soil
- Reduces the nutritional value of the crop
- Harmful effects of the use of fertilizers
The second part will contain ways in which we can reduce some of these problems, such as:
- Educating the farmers on a better and rational way of using fertilizers
- Organic farming
Organic farming would the main part. While researching on organic farming, I found that there were many old farming techniques which are way cheaper to make and also doesn’t harm the environment. Thus, I found that our ancestors have left us many such methods. Some of the methods that were used back then in India are:
- Jiwamritha
- Bijamritha
- Agnisastra
Feel free to check the video out to get more idea about this project.
I would love to know about any such organic farming techniques that your country may have. And I would also love to hear your opinions on my idea so feel free to comment what you think.
With Regards,
Sivani
Concept - The life cycle of a local product
Names of research team: Stefanie Kunz, Simone Etter, Tamara Keller
Project idea / topic: The life cycle of a local product
Our Questions, we want to answer with our project:
- Which steps are necessary to produce an apple?
- How and when will the apples be picked from the tree?
- How big or small is the ecological footprint of this production and its impact on the climate?
- How do our results look like, compared with another country?
In general, we want to analyse what is needed to provide this product in the grocery store.
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I've recently been to Chile and visited the so called Hotel Winebox (winebox.valparaiso-hotels.com). This is a hotel made of recycled materials. Shipping containers have been used to build the shape, rooms etc. of the More...
One of our tasks was blogging our food on the KoBo Toolbox. Unfortunately, I missed the interduction class to this task due to sickness. However, once I joined the class, I found the experience really interesting. Eventough it was difficult to Keep up with documenting everything I consume, it really made me realise how I fuel my body. I started to be more aware of what I eat, for my health as well as for the enviroment. I started eating healthier and feeling better thanks to that. I also ate more homemade meals, because this way I knew exactly what I was eating and where it came from.
Since I stopped blogging my food experience, I have notice that I am less conscious of what I eat. I could feel the Impact the unaware eating had to my body, so I am thinking of documenting my nutrition on my own time!
In conclusion, this project was a interesting learning experience about the food, it's origin and ingredients as well as the impacts my eating habits have for my health and the enviroment.
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Carambola, or star fruit, is a fruit of Averrhoa carambola a species of trees native to Indonesia, the Philippines, and throughout Malaysia.
It’s usually found in Southeast Asia and other tropical areas including the Caribbean and Latin America. More...
Origin: Middle east, Asia (great variations in China), Europe
Edible parts: seeds, leaves (eaten as vegetables mostly as side dish)
Family: Cabbages – mustards
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Hello everybody
We would like to give you some Information about the plant "appletree".
But first, why have we choosen this topic?
It was our first idea! At the break before some other students ate some apples. That is the way how we found our topic.
« AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY! »
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We had the task to do a research about a plant which we use to eat. We decided to do a search of a plant which is known mostly as a drug.
Although this plant can be used for about 60'000 different things rarely one knows; one can use it for cooking as a superfood. It isn't just a drug, it is also used in the pharma and textile industry and we find the plant hemp in form of seeds, oil and flour. Hemp is a very healthy plant because it contains a lot of vitamins and mineral nutrients, much protein and a lot of Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids.
The parts of the plants which are used for cooking are the seeds. Normally, the blossoms aren't used for cooking.
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