Food & agriculture – Apr 23
Biofuels starving our people – South American leaders
WSJ: When neighbors become farmers
Many Wisconsin dairy farmers switch to grazing
Food & Water
We regret to inform you…
When climate change and peak oil thinkers run out of other things to worry about, there’s always the endless, inevitable debates about whether we are facing a “fast crash” or a “slow grind.” When no one was looking, we got an answer. Fast crash wins. And we’re in it now.
Large-scale biofuel production may increase marginalization of women
Rapid increases in the large-scale production of liquid biofuels in developing countries could exacerbate the marginalization of women in rural areas threatening their livelihoods, according to a study by the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).
Disaster in progress: North America’s home heating transition
The move to alternative sources of heat will put pressure on the remaining forests in North America . This transition will also threaten the climate and air quality as coal-burning expands, and it could push grain prices higher as homeowners compete for increasingly scarce grain to feed grain-burning furnaces. Electricity may also become a source of heat, potentially threatening the electrical grid.
Food & agriculture – Apr 22
Japan’s hunger a dire warning for other nations
Food rationing in breadbasket of the world
International agriculture assessment: we need a paradigm shift
Role of Potash as strategic resource
Amid strong farm economy, some dire signs
Solutions & sustainability – Apr 22
Green issue of NY Times Magazine
Cuban permaculturalist visits Australia
Seattle’s Local Food Action Initiative a cure for society’s ills?
Life (mostly) off the grid
Ontario set to veto ban on clotheslines
Food & agriculture – Apr 21
Lester R. Brown: World facing huge new challenge on food front
Food price rises are “mass murder” – UN envoy
How hunger could topple regimes
We know secret of Joseph’s biblical pest control
Biofuels – Apr 21
EU set to scrap biofuels target amid fears of food crisis
Biofuels under attack as world food prices soar
Biofuels won’t solve energy problem: Shell
Berkeley biofuels expert Farrell dies at 46
A sustainable biofuels consensus
Peak Oil Review — April 21st, 2008
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– China
– Food vs. Fuel
– Brazil’s Giant Field
– Energy Briefs
Our ewes are having lots of lambs, but is more better?
I rather think that these white-gowned scientists in their laboratories don’t understand that the mentality that strives for triplets is not the best way to feed the world or to make farming sustainable.
ODAC Newsletter – Apr 18
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Food crisis – Apr 19
New York Times: Across globe, empty bellies bring rising anger
UK Mail reveals food prices rising at SIX times official figure
Sticker shock in the organic aisles
