How to get happiness?
How to get happiness? Once a group of 30 friends were attending a seminar. Suddenly the speaker stopped and started giving each one a balloon. Each one was asked to…
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February 7, 2014
Bee Colony Collapse: What’s going on?
All elements of an ecosystem are crucial, and play their own distinct part in the holistic functioning of that ecosystem. If you remove one element it could cause a certain…
February 6, 2014
Organic Farms Support A Third More Species
Organic farms support more biodiversity, supporting 34% more plant, insect and animal species than conventional farms, according to a new paper. For pollinators such as bees, the number of different…
February 5, 2014
photo by Annelie Bernhart
All-rounder Millets on Rural People’s Plates Since the Sangam Period
Millets formed a major part of the food people in rural areas consumed until recently. In fact, in remote villages of Tamil Nadu, food items made of millets were staple…
February 4, 2014
Indigenous edible plants of Meghalaya
Indigenous diets can help fight modern illnesses, say health experts.
Traditional food consumed by rural communities contain nutrients that are lacking in high and middle-income countries
Unprecedented levels of chronic non-communicable diseases are prompting calls to revert to the diets of our ancestors to regain lost nutrients. It is believed that such a shift would help…
February 3, 2014
Rahul on stage
Cooks – The Hidden Change Agents
by Rahul Antao 27000. This is the number of meals I have eaten in my life far. How do we come to this number? We all eat approximately 1000 meals…
February 1, 2014