StartupRealities

StartupRealities No 23 The Land Stewardship and Sustainability Council (LSSC) is an international organisation that certifies sustainable farms and farming practices. Farms can apply for LSSC certification if they meet certain thresholds and ratios: 1) Permaculture  is used on the majority of the land (trees, shrubs and perennial herbs); 2) Polyculture and crop rotation is practiced on tilled land; 3) Old trees and hedges provide ample habitat for wild birds and animals; 4) Rainwater from roofs and paved surfaces is harvested; 5) Farming practices are organic or close to organic (e.g. no use of pesticide or synthetic fertiliser); 6) Animal farming is free-range and all farmed animals are guaranteed animal rights . The LSSC seal of approval gives the produce of certified farms a marketing advantage in front of sustainability-conscious customers. The LSSC certification process is also a valuable consultancy service for farms of all sizes. Sustainable farming (Sourc...

StartupRealities No 2 GingerMice Limited is a pet food company that produces flavoured live food for predator pets, e.g. ginger-flavoured mice for cats or vanilla-flavoured rabbits for dogs. Ginger-flavoured mice are produced by feeding the mice copious amounts of organic ginger tubers. Rabbits are given water with vanilla flavour, which gradually concentrates the flavour of vanilla in their flesh. The resulting animals with flavoured flesh are organic treats for pets, with flavours that are aligned with the pet owner's personal taste preferences. In addition to live pet food, the company also offers dry pet food produced in the same way but preserved (pressed and dried) for easier long-term storage. --- TasteTheFlavour  Limited (a sister company of GingerMice) is currently experimenting with growing curry-flavoured chickens and pigs for human consumption. Baby chickens (Source: Wikipedia )