In Conversation: Food After Fossil Fuels
By Michael Bomford, Asher Miller, Post Carbon Institute
While its slice of the overall energy pie may seem relatively low, the modern American food system is figuratively awash in fossil fuels.
Organics and Sustainability: Reflections on my New York Times Misquote
By Michael Bomford, Post Carbon Institute
This is what I tried to explain to the New York Times reporter as I prepared my squash. Organic agriculture and sustainable agriculture are based on similar principles. They both used to be fuzzy ideas, but that is no longer the case for organic agriculture, which became more cut-and-dried with the introduction of national organic standards. Apparently she heard me say that organic agriculture used to be sustainable, but isn't always anymore.
La transición alimentaria y agrícola
By Richard Heinberg, Michael Bomford, Post Carbon Institute
A spanish translation of the Post Carbon Institute report 'The Food and Farming Transition: Toward a Post-Carbon Food System'.El sistema alimentario norteamericano descansa sobre unas bases inestables de insumos de combustible fósil masivos. Ante la disminución de las reservas de combustible el sistema alimentario se debe reinventar. El nuevo utilizará menos energía, y la energía que use vendrá de fuentes renovables. Podemos empezar la transición al nuevo sistema inmediatamente mediante un proceso de cambio planificado, graduado y rápido. La alternativa no planificada –la reconstrucción desde la base tras el colapso- sería caótica y trágica.
Tranzicioni në prodhimin & furnizimin e ushqimeve – drejt një të ardhme pa burime fosile
By Richard Heinberg, Michael Bomford, Energy Bulletin
Krijimi i këtyre sistemeve është bërë i mundur nga burimet fosile të energjisë, burime të jashtëzakonshme energjie, një dhuratë që natyra ja bën vetëm një herë njeriut. Albanian translation of the Post Carbon Institute report 'The Food and Farming Transition'.
Post Carbon Institute Natural Gas Report Supplements: Public Health, Agriculture, & Transportation
By Richard Gilbert, Michael Bomford, Post Carbon Institute
The challenges posed by shale gas production have serious implications for the future of agriculture, transportation, and health in the United States. In this collection of articles, PCI Fellows explore what the Hughes Report means for these sectors.
Beyond food miles
By Michael Bomford, Post Carbon Institute
A local diet can reduce energy use somewhat, but there are even more effective ways to tackle the problem. Single-minded pursuit of local food, without consideration of the bigger picture, can actually make things worse from an energy perspective.
Food: Getting fossil fuels off the plate
By Michael Bomford, Post Carbon Institute
My grubby little town was full of young men in big trucks and muscle cars who had come north to make their fortunes in the oil fields. During oil booms they kept the bars hopping and the hookers busy, dropping hundred dollar bills like candy...When the wells ran dry the young men disappeared, shops shuttered their windows, and the town shrank. New oil discoveries brought them back, with all of the goldrush excitement and disarray that accompanied them.
Accounting for increasing energy use by the US food system
By Michael Bomford, Energy Farms
Energy used by the US food system accounted for 80% of the increase in American energy use between 1997 and 2002, according to a recent report from the USDA's Economic Research Service.