Making smart food choices and watching your portions are hallmarks of many diet plans. While nutritionists often say that losing weight and being healthy involves changing your relationship with food rather than adopting a particular fad diet, even the most carefully designed diets can be derailed...
Greenhouses are structures that can help hobbyists or professional farmers extend growing seasons and improve yields. Even though traditional greenhouses can improve conditions for growth, certain variables can still affect output. That's where smart greenhouses come into play. Farming requires...
Nutritious foods are a valuable commodity in the fight against childhood obesity. Obesity is a serious medical condition that affects people of all ages - children and adolescents included. Children who gain extra pounds may develop health issues like high blood pressure, diabetes and high...
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How can “smart” irrigation technologies help us in a drought?
This article is adapted from a recent post in the University of Minnesota Turfgrass Science News.
The Irrigation Association has deemed July as Smart Irrigation Month....
Spring is filled with so many cool and interesting natural things. The earth is awaking after a long and frozen sleep. Each year, I am surprised when I hear my first frogs’ calling. It always seems too early or far too cold for frogs to be active, and yet, there they are. When the snow melts and...