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 & Water
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?
Food & agriculture – Oct 22
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
Peak oil – Oct 21
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
Food & agriculture – Oct 19
Gene Logsdon: Big tractors and green hypocrisy
Cod ‘making a comeback’
Why food prices have risen in Saudi Arabia
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
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