Biofuels – March 23
The millenary history of sugar cane
Catholic bishops slam Brazil ethanol growth plan
Ethanol reaps a backlash in Midwest
Food & Water
Not the end of the world
Much of what is required to prevent [disaster] is simply coming to terms with the notion that a radical change in your way of life is not the same thing as the end of the world.
Ethanol and biofuels
Non-partisan Congressional think tank concludes: “…there are limits to the amount of biofuels that can be produced and questions about the net energy and environmental benefits they would provide. Further, rapid expansion of biofuel production may have many unintended and undesirable consequences for agricultural commodity costs, fossil energy use, and environmental degradation.”
Food & agriculture – Mar 18
Core Historical Literature of Agriculture
Shocking Sugar
Farming in the city
Riot police battle farmers over new economic zones
Solutions & sustainability – Mar 16
Profiles in municipal sustainability
Company fuels Second Harvest during Alberta’s fuel crisis
Earth: Home sweet home (animation)
Blogs can top the presses
Garbage & stuff – March 16
A short history of what man covets
most – STUFF
The end of garbage
Britons throw out a third of all food
Kovattana: A hoarders guide to the end of the world
Food & agriculture – March 15
Linking regional farmers and buyers in Idaho
An experiment in back yard sustainability
Big Food’s lie about feeding the world
Malaysia: Fast food sector bows to ministry’s ad demands
Scientists need to confront economists about peak oil
Letter published in Nature from co-founder of Beyond Oil South Australia, responding to recent Thats Oil Folks article.
Food and agriculture – Mar 10
Challenges, threats and opportunities for sustainable agriculture, Part II
Food sector vulnerable to emergencies, says study
The Man Who Farms Water
And on This Farm She Found a Future
Biofuels & Latin America – Mar 9
Bush hails biofuels pact in Brazil
Brazil’s ethanol slaves
US looks to Brazil to fuel energy revolution
Cuba-Venezuela: Making biofuels without wasting food
Tortillas spark inflation, drive down Mexico’s peso
Biofuels – March 5
UK Independent: The big green fuel lie
Brazil accused of growing biofuel under conditions like slave labor
Gasification may be key to U.S. ethanol
A moral solution to our energy problem
‘We’ve got to have more corn,’ expert says
Food & agriculture – Mar 5
Challenges, threats, and opportunities for sustainable agriculture
And on This Farm She Found a Future
Has Real Estate Lost Its Sizzle? Not on the Farm
NYC Fast-Food Chains Pull Calorie Info
Malaysia Proposes New Fast Food Rules
