Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Legal troubles mount as local producers buck food safety rules
World Bank report puts agriculture at core of antipoverty effort
The eat local challenge
How green is my garden? (biofuels at home)
Tanzania squeezed for fertilizers- increased demand from rich countries
Platts Report on ASPO-USA: Dark clouds, no silver linings
Houston ASPO Day 2 part 1
Heinberg interview: Peak everything
The tar sands and Canada’s food system
Canadian Gas – Decline Sets in
Global warming could threaten U.S. oil output
Gene Logsdon: Big tractors and green hypocrisy
Cod ‘making a comeback’
Why food prices have risen in Saudi Arabia
Sugar producers want ethanol deal
Biofuels bring hope, but problems follow
IMF concerned by impact of biofuels on food prices
Harvest: Around the world in crops (photos)
World Bank neglects African farming
The challenges of Chinese organics
Climate change creating jobs (in agriculture)
Barriers keep fresh, organic food out of school lunches
How does Alice Waters’ message play in the Heartland?
Do food miles make a difference to global warming?
Prospects for organic solar cells damaged By questionable reports
Human waste can help save planet: Indian expert
California fuels expert Alex Farrell makes case for low carbon fuel standard
Global reserves of phosphorous, essential for agriculture, could run out in 60 to 100 years, warn experts. [According to a related paper, phosphorous has already passed its peak of production.]
Local groups use peer pressure – and fines – to cut carbon emissions
Harvest the rain; build a rain garden
Sweden’s sustainable finance system
Hey kids, check out these energy-saving tips
A carbon-negative fuel (gasification and terra preta)
High hopes for renewable power from Earth’s depths
Lovins: Global warming and peak oil are irrelevant (efficiency)
Farm work vs. gardening- what makes work unpleasant?
Think-tank confidential
The pain of caring too much about the Earth’s death
Gandalf, Gunpowder and Neil Gaiman’s cats (hope and doom)
Eating kangaroo could cut gas emissions
How Malawi went from a nation of famine to a nation of feast
A conversation with Michael Pollan
Wheat prices surge to daily maximum
