Global cities occupy 2% of the world’s surface and yet they are home to more than half of the world’s population (3.75 billion people), responsible for 75% of global energy consumption, and 80% of CO2 emissions. What are the environmental and health impacts of these growing global cities? In these urban centers, ...
Since 1981, the Rodale Institute has conducted a Farming Systems Trial, where they have studied three different farming systems, side-by-side: A manure-based organic system, a legume-based organic system, and a conventional, synthetic input-based system. This has allowed them to easily compare and determine, over the ...
Neem’s saccharides and limonoids, found in the bark, leaves, and seeds, have been shown to reduce the size of tumors. The neem tree has been utilized as a cancer treatment in India for centuries, though the science behind the mechanism has yet to be fully understood! When breast cancer patients chew neem leaves or ...
Since 1993, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Environmental Protection Agency have all investigated and collected data on the health of farmers throughout the United States to determine health risks posed by agriculture. Hundreds of studies have been ...
In 1804, mankind reached its first major milestone: 1 billion people. Since then, the global population has grown exponentially. In the last 20 years, we have grown from just under 6 billion to 7.5 billion people. By 2056, the global population is expected to reach 10 billion, requiring a 70% increase in food ...
France is one of the world’s greatest agricultural producers, having exported $68 billion in food products around the world in 2016. With such global reach comes a profound responsibility to lead the way towards a healthy and sustainable agricultural food system. Leading by example, the French government plans to ...
Neem is a practical solution for reducing our Ecological Footprint. We are presently using natural resources at a rate 1.6 times greater than the Earth can supply and we’ve already exceeded four of nine “Planetary Limits.” These are security thresholds of the fundamental processes that make up Earth’s capacity to ...
The neem tree has been the focus of numerous scientific studies because of its amazing compound breakdown. Research is centered on its utilization in medicine, industry, and agriculture. Neem formulations have been evaluated against 600 species of insects and more than 400 are reported to be susceptible at ...
35 million people were living with HIV in 2013; with an estimated 39 million people having died from AIDS in the last century. Although the number of HIV infections has dropped by 21% since 1997, it is still prevalent in developing regions such as Africa where between 15-28% of the population are living with ...
The global impact of cancer is extraordinary. Worldwide, cases are expected to increase to 21.7 million with 13 million deaths per year in 2030. Various compounds found in neem bark, leaves, seeds, and seed oil have been used to combat cancerous cells with no registered side effects. Neem extracts have also been ...
