Plants represent a large reservoir of organic carbon comprised primarily of recalcitrant polymers that most metazoans are unable to deconstruct. Many herbivores gain access to nutrients in this material indirectly by associating with microbial symbionts, and leaf-cutter ants are a paradigmatic example. These ants use fresh foliar biomass as manure to cultivate gardens composed primarily of Leuc...

BACKGROUND Food access is a global issue, and for this reason, a wealth of studies are dedicated to understanding the location of food deserts and the benefits of urban gardens. However, few studies have linked these two strands of research together to analyze whether urban gardening activity may be a step forward in addressing issues of access for food desert residents. METHODS The Phoenix, ...

Agroforestry home gardens are integrated arrangements of common vegetable plants near residences, resembling tropical forests. They cultivate multiple species to meet families’ basic needs, including food, medicine, and family activities. This study aimed assess the composition use plant in agroforestry three municipalities western region Pará. The analyzed 119 Belterra, Mojuí dos Campos, Santa...

After a long period of absence, hospital and care-facility gardens are making a comeback. But these new gardens are not just ornamental. They aim to improve wellbeing. Some are even designed to change the outcome of disease—including neurological disease. Adrian Burton investigates.

1 THE PLACE OF TREATMENT IN AN ANTIMALARIAL CAMPAIGN By W. B. McQUEEN, M3, ch.B. (Glasgow) d.t.m. (Liverpool) Introduction The practice with which this paper deals is situated in Upper Assam, near the North Eastern Frontier, and comprises ten tea gardens owned by five companies, one company having five gardens, one company two, and three companies one each. The district is bisected by a river, ...

Declining land productivity is a major problem constraining banana (Musa spp.) production in Tanzania. Banana fruit yield consequently reaches only 15% of the potential, primarily due to inadequate soil nutrient replenishment. Improving farmers’ replenishment strategy home gardens, which relies on applications cattle manure only, by mixing with inorganic fertilizer resources can increase and im...

Maintaining food production while sustaining productive ecosystems is among the central challenges of our time, yet, it has been for millennia. Ancient clam gardens, intertidal rock-walled terraces constructed by humans during the late Holocene, are thought to have improved the growing conditions for clams. We tested this hypothesis by comparing the beach slope, intertidal height, and biomass a...

Objective. Assess associations between perceived fresh fruit and vegetable access obtaining vegetables from various food sources with meeting national recommendations for intakes BMI, whether differ by insecurity. Methods. Secondary data analysis of a cross-sectional survey evaluating health equity initiative among 1,474 respondents in 6 rural Georgia counties. Logistic regressions assessed mee...