Water & ocean – May 31
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
Food & Water
Food & agriculture – May 31
Peru guards its guano as demand soars again
Fertilizer markets manipulated
Backyard chickens
Food crisis – May 31
Report sees decade of high food prices
More wealth, more meat. How China’s rise spells trouble
China cuts food import tariffs to increase food supplies, cool high inflation
WFP chief calls for lifting of food export curbs
The smaller the farm, the better the food
A big reason for eating locally — it tastes better.
It will take a lot more than gardening to fix our food system
Only rice, wheat, corn, beans, and other grain crops are productive and durable enough to provide the dietary foundation of calories and protein. Grains made up about the same portion of the ancient Greek diet as they do of ours. We’ve been stuck with grains for 10,000 years, and our dependence won’t be broken any time soon.
Agriculture – May 29
Cuba’s agricultural decline sparks major reform
India’s rice farmers abandon paddies, deepening global shortage
Grain prices grow, but so do risks
Food shock – May 29
Amartya Sen: The rich get hungrier
Food banks squeezed by prices, demand
Soaring energy prices ‘force up cost of food’
Solutions – May 29
Monty Don: gardeners of the world must unite
Incentives for farmers to grow organic in Australia
Advice to teens and parents about peak oil
Sustainable Bellingham – grassroots organizing is key
Biofuels – May 28
Brazil: Ethanol vs biodiversity
Despite doubts, Brazil pins hopes on sustainable sugarcane ethanol
Report: Effects of ethanol on Texas food and feed
Peak food and peak water
The pace quickens. The signs are more numerous. We need even more than food security; we need food sovereignty. Who controls your food? Growing at least part of one’s own food–and having something to trade–will be essential to survival.
Climate and food – May 27
U.S. studies: Energy firms routinely abusing carbon offset fund
Crisis talks on global food prices
Food & agriculture – May 27
For Texas farmers, production costs are spiraling along with crop prices
Lofty prices for fertilizer put farmers in a squeeze
Energy giants smell windfall from sulphur
