Food Rescue Program Spreads in Colorado
It’s a shocking fact that 40% of all food produced in the US goes to waste at some point in production.
Food & Water
Mexico protests Monsanto with a Carnival of Corn
The current generation of Mexican activists is looking for new strategies to fight for social justice, and the March Against Monsanto provided an opportunity to fuse tradition and innovation into the building blocks for a global food revolution.
Worldwide Honey Bee Collapse: A Lesson in Ecology
We know what is killing the bees.
China’s Growing Hunger for Meat Shown by Move to Buy Smithfield, World’s Leading Pork Producer
Half the world’s pigs—more than 470 million of them—live in China, but even that may not be enough to satisfy the growing Chinese appetite for meat.
Eating on the wild side
The biggest drop in nutrients was probably 10,000 years ago, when we stopped eating wild foods and became farmers.
ROOTS, SHOOTS AND SEEDS: The Spear Carriers
Roots, Shoots and Seeds is a book about the local community food movement, set around the wide arable fields of East Anglia, following the tracks of the crops that grow in these clay and sandy soils, from barley to flax, from rapeseed to potatoes.
Rivers and Stories
A book of river stories is, of course, an invitation to think about the relation between rivers and stories. It is also an occasion to think about the condition of the world’s rivers, which we need urgently to do at this moment in the history of the human relation to the earth.
Review: Paradise Lot
In practice, self-reliance can be harder than permaculture experts sometimes make it sound. This is where Eric Toensmeier’s ‘Paradise Lot’ comes in. Anyone who finds him or herself discouraged in their permaculture garden efforts should take heart and read this book.
The Next Green Revolution (This Time Without Fossil Fuels)
A method of growing crops called the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) produces yields that can be four or five times higher than other methods.
21 Inspiring Initiatives Working to Reduce Food Waste Around the World
This week we’re celebrating World Environment Day (June 5th) by highlighting innovations working to reduce the tremendous food waste and loss that occurs throughout the world.
Food & agriculture – June 4
•Breaking the grass ceiling: On U.S. farms, women are taking the reins •The USDA’s Latest Report on Energy Use in Agriculture •More Than Honey •Is the US About to Become One Big Factory Farm for China? •Peak Water, Peak Oil …Now, Peak Soil?
Water – June 3
•Wells Dry, Fertile Plains Turn to Dust •How to Save Water-Starved Cities •Water may reshape energy industry •Analysis: China: High and dry •Stressed Ecosystems Leaving Humanity High and Dry
