Biofuels – June 11
Top UK scientist says biofuels are scam
The great biofuel hoax
Malaysia defends palm oil production
All aboard Branson’s bio train
US subsidy aids European drivers
Food & Water
Food & agriculture – June 10
Why bees are important to your wallet
Research confirms biochar in soils boosts crop yields
Feeding the world without GMOs
Food & agriculture – June 8
What the world eats (photo essay)
Review: Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
A perennial search for perfect wheat
Farming the deep blue sea
Brookside Farm- growing food, growing energy
Corn is for eating… or drinking
Unlike subsidies to farmers for growing corn, which tends to bring the price of corn down, the more corn that subsidized ethanol plants use, the higher the price rises, and so inevitably, the price of meat, milk and eggs too. Somewhere along the way, the consumer may face a momentous decision: shall I eat or shall I drive? The best use of corn in my opinion is to make good bourbon. At least we might die happy if our civilization crashes like the corn-dependent Mayan culture did.
Biofuels – June 5
Biofuel gangs kill for green profits
Indonesia Won’t let oil palm growers cut forests
First food prices climb, now, beer?
Ethanol boom won’t threaten food supply [sic]: analysts
Guardian: Biofuels and food prices not funny for poor
Food & agriculture – June 4
Its not just about food miles
Farming in the city
How to save cooking energy
Principle 18: Sustainable food
Biofuels – June 2
Will milk become America’s new oil?
As pork prices soar, Chinese put brakes on corn for ethanol
Cargill chief warning on biofuels boom
The peak oil crisis: Preparing for depletion
There are two areas of energy consumption we, as individuals, can do something about: transportation and buildings.
Food & agriculture – May 30
Ban considered on organic labelling of airfreighted food
Not easy to eat local, community learns
Who killed the honeybees?
Strengthening Domestic Fair Trade
Bank of England chews over food prices
Biofuels – May 30
Ancient plant has potential as biofuel (camelina)
Rapier: The mythical ethanol threat
South Africa: Biofuel making staple food more expensive
Mexico: Ethanol plan meets resistance
Ethanol boom may fuel shortage of tequila
Where does your food come from?
Do you know where your fish is from?
Has big business turned organics into ‘yuppy chow’?
British film-makers ask: what is the hidden cost of your £2 latte?
From a Chinese oil refinery to your Twinkie
Digging dollars: make-work, agriculture and empire
If, all of a sudden your work was to disappear from the planet – no one was doing it – how much would anyone really suffer?
