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Designer Let’s Nature Do Art, naturalment! (Photos + Video)

3:16 am in artists, arts, bees, birds, Cattle, crafts, Culture & Celebrity, Design & Architecture, designers, exhibits, materials, rivers, science, Science & Technology, spain by TreeHugger

GERARD MOLINE naturalment art exhibition photo Photo Credit: Gerard Moliné When I entered the Gallery Art & Design in Poblenou, Barcelona, it was the odd smell I noticed first. Very faint, but it reminded me of something far away. Large pieces of art are scattered around the big white gallery space, made up of thick earthy colours and rough textures. I wasn't sure what exactly I was looking at until Gerard Moliné himself told me the story of how, when he was 7 years old in his village in the Catalan country side, he placedRead the full story on TreeHugger

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Not Icky At All; the Happy Pig Farm

4:05 pm in agriculture, alternative energy, animals, biomass, Business & Politics, Cattle, farming, food, Food & Health, organic agriculture, Science & Technology, spain by TreeHugger

eco pig farm spain photo Image Credit: Ecosalgot If shrimp can be happy on a farm, why not pigs? For all the weekday vegetarians and omnivores out there, here is a way to obtain sausages, chorizos and bacon in a friendly way. First of all, plen...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Mongolian Mining Battle Heats Up With Herder’s Death

8:00 am in Business & Politics, Cattle, china, coal, mongolia by TreeHugger

inner mongolia grasslands photo The arid grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Photo: Satbir Singh / Creative Commons. The already tense battle over mining in Inner Mongolia has erupted further after a Mongolian herder was run over by a coal truck and killed while trying to block the vehicles from crossing prairie lan...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Is It True That Farmers Feed Antibiotics To Livestock To Make Them Grow Faster?

6:21 pm in animals rights, Cattle, chicken coop, food, News, pigs by TreeHugger

up close and cattle photo "Up Close and Cattle" Image credit:Flickr, Alex E. Proimos I always thought the 'it makes them grow faster' reasoning for why they put antibiotics in animal feed was a myth and that the truth was more complex. Farmers found they could crowd animals while keeping disease levels down - giving consistently higher meat and dairy production - if they constantly laced the feed with a witches brew of antibiotics. Yes, if farm animals have to fight off frequent infections they are going to put more energy into getting better and less into growth or lactation; but t...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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