The 600 square kilometer Río Copán watershed in western Honduras is comprised of small and mid-sized farms producing cattle, coffee, and subsistence crops, where residents face many challenges. Recent population ...
Over the past 20 years, quinoa an ancient grain of the Andes, has enjoyed a boom in popularity within developed countries. Export quinoa fetches a good price, but that can ...
“Biomimicry” is the science and practice of looking to nature’s best biological ideas to solve human problems. It is a new term to describe an action that is not so ...
Indigenous peoples living in high Arctic environments have developed sophisticated ecological and social relationships with the animals, plants, and inanimate objects that define their complex and dynamic habitat. These relations ...
Proponents of the local foods movement argue that major environmental benefits can be generated through sourcing foods locally. But two key question remain. Can we know what the environmental benefits ...
Hell’s Canyon, Idaho has million’s of acres of land with elevations ranges from 0 to 7000 feet above sea level. With its rugged terrain and steep elevation changes, biodiversity has ...