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Human cost of Brazil’s biofuels boom
Vinod Khosla: We can do biofuel well or poorly
The bad oil on ethanol
Farm-belt voters down on corn ethanol mandate
Pest threatens Brazil’s Sao Paulo cane fields
Brazil’s diverse energy resources
A catastrophe for Iowa farmers will not be just a catastrophe for Midwestern Americans. In the Iowa floods, we’ll see more evidence of how the problems of weird weather (climate change) combine and ramify the problems associated with peak oil.
Putting Meat Back in Its Place
Seattle: Urban folks find farming a tough row to hoe
Brooklyn’s hopeful gardeners
After the credit boom comes the long and painful squeeze
£100 to fill up the tank? Just get used to the idea
Surging Oil and Food Prices Threaten the World Economy, Finance Ministers Warn
From Indonesia to the US, governments stand powerless in face of markets
Why is the cost of living going up?
The End of Cheap Oil as an Opportunity
While most homesteaders today may not wish to live like the Amish, they will find life much easier if they begin to build upon that kind of model rather than the typical suburban landscape, with its extensive, machine-manicured lawns, ample patios, and exotic ornamentals. They must begin yard and garden design with an eye to practicality and achieve beauty as a reward.
Leaders change the subject at food aid conference
Food is gold, so billions invested in farming
Raj Patel interview (Stuffed and Starved)
WSJ: The vegetable patch takes root
Home-grown vegetables grow in popularity
One man’s crusade to plough up the inner city
World’s first edible high-rise
Organic farm’s wells going dry as water competition stiffens
Rethinking the flush: a practical solution to the water crisis
Biofuel bonanza not so sweet for Brazil’s sugar cane cutters (80% of jobs to go within 3 years)
US biofuel subsidies under attack at food summit
Petrol tax fuels ‘cooking oil wars’
In Spain, water Is a new battleground
LA Times: A chilling global warming forecast from the USDA
Climate findings were distorted, NASA probe finds
Harper says next climate treaty must be `realistic’
Half of Papua New Guinea’s forests gone by 2021
Getting through a crash will take more than tomatoes and Mason jars.
Food production must rise by 50%, says UN chief
Need long-term solutions without ills of “cheap food era”
Food prices rocketing all over Europe
Civil Society Forum calls for rethinking of the food system
Is water becoming ‘the new oil’?
Water shortages and drought are the next scourge, warns General Electric
Scientists oppose SA desalination plans
Apocalypse in the oceans
