May 13th, 2021 By Jessica Corbett Via Common Dreams A study published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science bolsters alarm about the role that agricultural...
Category - Plants and Agriculture
Wake Up World’s articles on plants and agriculture, with a focus on issues and solutions surrounding ‘modern’ agricultural practices.
Two Sacred Medicine Trees of North America
By Nick Polizzi Guest Writer for Wake Up World A few years ago, I took a trip up to the coastal wilderness of Northern California to meet with Native American elder, Dennis Martinez...
Death by 1,000 Cuts: Are Major Insect Losses Imperiling Life on Earth?
By Liz Kimbrough Via Global Research Chances are, the works of the world’s insects touch your lips every day. The coffee or tea you savor, both are insect pollinated. Apples, oranges...
20 Popular Natural Health Ingredients That May Be Dangerous – FREE Report
Truly natural ingredients typically are healthier and safer than the alternatives. However, certain natural herbs, vitamins, minerals and more – many of them quite popular and surprising...
Psychedelic Therapy and the Democratization of Psychoactive Experience
By Sergey Baranov Contributing writer for Wake Up World This title came to me during the last Huachuma (San Pedro) ceremony while I was lying on the ground, observing a tango between eucalyptus...
Secret Ingredients: Are They Making You Sick? FREE Documentary Film
How much do you really know about what is in your food – and how that could be affecting your health and wellbeing? Jeffrey Smith and Amy Hart are on a mission to help you — and millions...
Militarized Psychiatry vs Plant Medicine
By Sergey Baranov Contributing writer for Wake Up World A spoon of cactus juice a day keeps the doctor away. A new development in the psychiatric field deserves attention, but not because...
Ann Arbor Just Voted to Tell Cops to Stop Arresting People for Mushrooms, Ayahuasca, and More
September 25th, 2020 By Matt Agorist via TFTP Right now in Louisville, KY, two cops have been shot and residents are rioting because the state has an addiction to drugs. Despite the overwhelming...
The Need to GROW – Sustainability Solutions – FREE Online Documentary Screening
Can we feed the world without destroying the planet? That depends – on what we do NOW. Soil scientists estimate that at the rate we are developing our farmland, we could have fewer than 60...
Microplastics Found in Fruit and Vegetables for the First Time
By Nikki Harper Staff Writer for Wake Up World Here at Wake Up World, we’ve written before about the increasing threat to human health posed by microplastics, particularly when bottled water...
Insect Population Crash: Largest Ever Worldwide Study Reveals Dramatic Decline
By Nikki Harper Staff Writer for Wake Up World Research published in 2018 revealed that 41% of insect populations were in decline, with up to one third of all insect species at risk of extinction...
The Weed on My Plate: Learn to Love the Medicinal Plants You Can Forage Nearby
By Hilde Larsen Contributing writer for Wake Up World This is my favorite time of year. When all the medicinal fresh herbs, also called weed, pop up all around us. Some are looked at as beautiful...