Crops
Types of Crops
Legumes
Beans
Blue Bonnets - can be use in animal feed if processed properly.
Peas
Soy - most of the world's soy beans are used as animal feed. Soy is the world's 2nd greatest contributor to deforestation, but that could change if it is used for human-direct food instead of livestock feed.
String Beans
Seeds
Chia - a high-protein and high-omega-fatty-acid egg replacement in vegan baking.
Flax - a high-protein and high-omega-fatty-acid egg replacement in vegan baking.
Sesame
Medicine
Aloe Vera
Dangers to Crops
Pollution
"Mercury contamination in food can pose serious health risks to consumers and coal-fired power plants have been identified as the major source of mercury emissions. To assess the current state of mercury pollution in food crops grown near coal-fired power plants, we measured the total mercury concentration in vegetables and grain crops collected from farms located near two coal-fired power plants. We found that 79% of vegetable samples and 67% of grain samples exceeded the PTWI’s food safety standards. The mercury concentrations of soil samples were negatively correlated with distances from the studied coal-fired power plants, and the mercury contents in lettuce, amaranth, water spinach, cowpea and rice samples were correlated with the mercury contents in soil samples, respectively. Also, the mercury concentrations in vegetable leaves were much higher than those in roots and the mercury content of vegetable leaves decreased significantly after water rinses. Our calculation suggests that probable weekly intake of mercury for local residents, assuming all of their vegetables and grains are from their own farmland, may exceed the toxicologically tolerable values allowed, and therefore long-term consumptions of these contaminated vegetables and grains may pose serious health risks." - Mercury Pollution in Vegetables, Grains and Soils from Areas Surrounding Coal-Fired Power Plants
Air Pollution
Soil Pollution
Global Warming & Climate Change
Solutions
Prescribed Fire
Pollution Cleanup
PFAS Cleanup
Resources
Infonet Biovision: Natural Enemies "Natural enemies are animals that attack and feed on other animals such as an insect (e.g ladybird beetle), bird or spider feeding on pest insects."
Africa
Which Crops Have the Most Potential in a Changing Climate? Use the tabs at the top of this site to narrow your search to vegetables, fruit, etc. Includes a colour-blind option in the top right corner.
Kenya
Infonet Biovision: Natural Enemies "Natural enemies are animals that attack and feed on other animals such as an insect (e.g ladybird beetle), bird or spider feeding on pest insects."