Sustainable
Agriculture
| Our
system of global food production is in the process of undercutting
the very foundation it was built on. The techniques, innovations,
-practices and policies that have allowed increases in productivity
have also undermined the basis of that productivity. We have
overdrawn and degraded the natural resources agriculture depends
on - soil, water and natural genetic diversity...more |
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Open
Genetics
| Valhalla's
trees produce higher-quality, better-tasting nuts in half the
time of conventional Hawaiian grafted varieties because we have
been selecting for these characteristics for a combined 70 years.
Rather than relying on chemicals to produce the crop, we have
taken the time and used Mother Nature to produce a superior, Guatemalan
macadamia...read more |
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Reforestation
One
of the aims of Valhalla is to help reforest the world, starting
with Guatemala. In the past 100 years half of the planet's forests
have been cut down. As we lose forest cover, the earth loses
its ability to soak up carbon dioxide and convert it into oxygen
- an essential life performing function for all living things.
This severe deforestation is causing land erosion... read
more |
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