Food & agriculture – Oct 19
Gene Logsdon: Big tractors and green hypocrisy
Cod ‘making a comeback’
Why food prices have risen in Saudi Arabia
Food & Water
Biofuels – Oct 18
Sugar producers want ethanol deal
Biofuels bring hope, but problems follow
IMF concerned by impact of biofuels on food prices
Farming faces phosphate shortfall
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.]
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 17
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
Agriculture – Oct 17
Harvest: Around the world in crops (photos)
World Bank neglects African farming
The challenges of Chinese organics
Climate change creating jobs (in agriculture)
Food – Oct 17
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?
Renewables – Oct 17
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
Renewables – Oct 16
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)
Deep thought – Oct 14
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)
Food & agriculture – Oct 13
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
Study: for most efficient land use, add a little meat
A low-fat vegetarian diet is very efficient in terms of how much land is needed to support it. But adding some dairy products and a limited amount of meat may actually increase this efficiency, Cornell researchers suggest.
Biofuels – Oct 11
Nature: Kill King Corn
UN rapporteur calls for biofuel moratorium
NRC panel sees problems in ethanol production
Ethanol push could threaten water supplies
