A new study raises concerns over the rise in urban beekeeping, as researchers say it could be negatively impacting wild bees. Urban beekeeping could be especially harmful for smaller bees that have limited foraging ranges. A team led by researchers at Concordia University compared bee populations, collecting data from 15 sites around Montreal in 2013 […]
By Brian Barth Urban soils are particularly prone to contamination. Fifty years ago, your yard could have belonged to a farmer, who, perhaps not knowing any better, disposed of old bottles of anti-freeze or contaminated diesel in a hole out behind the tractor garage. Or perhaps the remains of a fallen down outbuilding, long ago […]
By Liza Bayless Five years ago, when Lankenau Medical Center was confronted with evidence that it was serving the unhealthiest county in Pennsylvania, the hospital decided to embrace the findings with an unconventional approach: building a half-acre organic farm on its campus to provide fresh produce to patients. The Deaver Wellness Farm at Lankenau Medical […]
In cities around the globe, an urban gardening revival is under way, with gardeners and farmers digging into backyards and vacant lots, replacing blighted eyesores with lush, productive vegetation. But as an article in this month’s Environmental Health Perspectives from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences points out, urban soils are often heavily contaminated […]
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