Food & agriculture – Nov 3
Global food crisis looms as climate change and fuel shortages bite
U.S. climate bill would pay farmers to store carbon in soil
Farmer Gene Logsdon goes to a French picnic
Fertilizer costs and production risk
Food & Water
Deep thought – Nov 2
The world’s expected carrying capacity in a post industrial agrarian society
Saving the ecosystems of Middle Earth
John Michael Greer: the politics of transition
Food & agriculture – Nov 2
Monty Don of BBC’s ‘Gardeners World’: Why local is best
Study: nitrogen fertilizers deplete soil organic carbon
Global warming and Oklahoma agriculture
Climate – Oct 30
Children particularly at risk from global warming
Schwarzenegger regrets US’s poor climate effort
Malaria moves in behind the loggers (and climate change)
The other side of global warming (controlling the carbon cycle)
Full version of White House “edited” CDC climate report – with highlights!
Food & agriculture – Oct 30
Official UK study: organic really is better
Poor outlook for grain stokes fight over biofuels
Uganda ‘averts tragedy’ with reversal of decision to clear virgin forest for biofuel
Water wars and drought – Oct 28
Great Lakes key front in water wars
Many states facing water shortages
Drought could harm fire prevention in NC
Hay shortage takes toll on horses
Drought fears on the rise in Massachusetts
Will a thirsty Atlanta try to drink our (South Carolina’s) water?
Food & agriculture – Oct 28
MIT: Human-generated ozone will damage crops
Chuck Walters of Acres USA: an organic hero
Call to use leftovers and cut food waste
Myths that waste energy in the kitchen
Food & agriculture – Oct 26
‘Food miles’ soared by 31% in a year, UK study reveals
Soil Association fudges on air freighted food
Organic air-freight food to be stripped of status
The case of the disappearing bees
Peak oil: what to do? – Oct 26
USA 2034: A look back
UK energy security
Talks by Holmgren, Skeffington and Hall
Resource depletion, persuasion and the ongoing world meme
ODAC News
Limits – Oct 25
UN report: Unsustainable development ‘puts humanity at risk’
Should scientists embrace economic growth?
The implications of resource limitations
Can Earth’s plants keep up with us?
Financial monsters
Food & agriculture – Oct 24
Rising prices may herald the first global food shortage since the 1970s
Grain price hikes set to continue
Wheat rises for 4th day as importers seek supplies
Pricier grain costs Africans dear
Investor Jim Rogers shifts assets to Yuan and agriculture
China turns to dry land rice as water crisis looms
Australian drought pushes up price of beer
Food & agriculture – Oct 23
The farmer’s daughter has spiky black hair, 4-inch heels and rock-star dreams
Urban foraging and guerrilla gardening
Food supply and energy: What is the role of oil price?
