Food & agriculture – Nov 17
Eric Schlosser on America’s food industry and his new film
NYT: Why roots matter more (local food)
Research needed to balance food, energy needs
Australia importing grain – so they can export it
Eric Schlosser on America’s food industry and his new film
NYT: Why roots matter more (local food)
Research needed to balance food, energy needs
Australia importing grain – so they can export it
Snowy Hydro storages reach all-time November low
Drought to hit dinner table
PM quibbles as drought deepens
Grain Drain Down Under
Relocalize Network Newsletter for November /
One billion trees – their ecological services /
A trip to the Agroforestry Research Trust’s forest garden
Climate threatens agricultural crisis: UN /
Water flow in China’s Yellow River at record low /
Expert says oceans are turning acidic /
Billions needed to climate-proof Africa
Eating locally in Willits /
Learning how the desert bloomed /
Secret shame: I can’t ride a bike /
A growing trend: small, local and organic
WWF Living Planet Report – decision time /
Dawn of the dead zones /
Wild seafood will disappear in 50 years /
China turns to salt water to ease drought
Listing of articles discussed during a radio interview November 6. (updated)
Reports from recent ASPO-USA conference /
New hippies are fighting to replace oil /
Cooling the planet at the gas roots / Environmentalist Suzuki to quit spotlight for simple life /
Powerdown and permaculture – at the cusp of transition /
FTW report on Boston world oil conference /
Robert Hirsch scares me out of my wits
Venture capitalists pony up in sizzling market that may get boost from Prop. 87 /
Patzek: cellulosic ethanol will not save us /
Water scarcity may dampen case for biofuel /
Lester Brown: Exploding U.S. grain demand for auto fuel /
Harvard prof: the ethanol illusion
What if the Midwest stopped trying to feed the world and started focusing on itself?
Forecast for Australian grain production cut again /
‘Virtually no progress’ in alleviating world hunger: FAO
The real scoop on biofuels /
As investors covet ethanol, farmers resist /
McCain’s farm flip
Biocrude? Algae-to-oil project /
‘WTO must set rules for biofuel trade’ /
Ethanol could corrode pumps, testers say /
Turning forest slash into cash /
Europe set for biodiesel boom -Goldman Sachs