US: Bringing healthy produce to poor neighborhoods
Food activists and small farmers lead project for inner city food security in San Francisco.
Food & Water
Ethanol From Cellulose: Prospects And Implications
Abstract: The last study of the energy balance of producing ethanol from cellulose was back in 1979. It showed that the energy inputs required were 3.3 times the energy contained in the ethanol output. Nevertheless the belief has persisted that producing ethanol from cellulose may become viable. This paper attempts to interpret the most recent plans for improving the process. It concludes that the best plans on the drawing board, at the present time, indicate a positive energy balance, with inputs comprising about 63% of the ethanol output.
NZ: Can Individual Farmer’s Benefit From Wind Power?
New Zealand has an abundant wind resource capable of producing up to 20 percent of our electricity needs.
NASA scientists get global fix on food, wood & fiber use
NASA scientists working with the World Wildlife Fund and others have measured how much of Earth’s plant life humans need for food, fiber, wood and fuel. The study identifies human impact on ecosystems.
Thai farmers turn to cattle to raise rice
Overshadowing all else is the rising global cost of oil; for oil dependence has always been the Achilles heel of the Green Revolution.
Scientists Urge Shift to Non-Food Crops
Farmers of the world must shift quickly to growing plants for industrial uses such as oils and plastics to replace petrochemicals as the climate warms and crude supplies run out, British scientists said on Monday.
Wartime Rationing helped the British get healthier than they had ever been
During the Second World War (1939-1945) the British government introduced food rationing to make sure that everyone received their fair share of the limited food which was available.
How Long Can We Hang On to our Impossible Lifestyle?
in the United States–we have before us an utterly unsustainable process. For every calorie you consume, ten calories of fossil fuel go up in smoke.
U.N. Says Globe Drying Up at Fast Pace
UNITED NATIONS – The world is turning to dust, with lands the size of Rhode Island becoming desert wasteland every year and the problem threatening to send millions of people fleeing to greener countries, the United Nations says.
Peak Oil and Permaculture: David Holmgren on Energy Descent
David Holmgren, co-originator of the permaculture concept and author of ‘Permaculture: Principals and Pathways Beyond Sustainability’, speaks with Adam Fenderson from Energy Bulletin.net about permaculture and its role in an energy constrained world.
Oil and grains soar, CRB nears record
Crude oil prices set a record high Tuesday on fears that top exporter Saudi Arabia was vulnerable to terror attacks while soaring grain prices also pushed commodity price indexes back toward multiyear highs.
US: Rising Energy Costs Straining Farmers
The U.S. Agriculture Department’s chief economist, Keith Collins, said rising energy and fertilizer costs could add $1 billion to U.S. crop production costs.
