Food crisis – July 13
Hunger brings anguish for millions of Pakistanis
Catastrophe looms in Zimbabwe
Food shortages grow in rural Nepal
Food
Food & agriculture – July 13
Community gardens: growing food brings people together
The only diet for a peacemaker is a vegetarian diet
Good crop, bad crop (biofuels)
Waste – July 13
A truly cool city would feature a short stroll to the local worm bin
How to curb food waste
Trash collectors (students in poor barrios find their own solution)
Solutions & sustainability – July 13
The bicycling horticulturalist
Gardens save the day in ‘WALL-E’ and America’s cities
Financial independence with The Happy Minimalist
The Outquisition
Food & agriculture – July 12
UK food report goes to the heart of the flaws in the production model
USDA rule change may lead to crops on conserved land
Gardening has the power to transform lives and landscapes
ODAC Newsletter – July 11
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Biofuels – July 11
Guardian ‘publishes the biofuels report they didn’t want you to read’
Donald Mitchell, World Bank
Bad juice II: biofuels maybe not quite so bad, World Bank says
Rising food prices: policy options and World Bank response
Food preservation, food storage and the locavore
I knew the idea of local eating had penetrated when I quickly ran into a grocery store while visiting my Mom, and this older couple came up to me and asked “Honey, could you read where it says where the plums came from? We’re trying to eat local but neither of us brought our glasses.” If I can’t get in and out of a supermarket in 3 minutes without running into someone trying to eat local, I know we’ve gone mainstream.
Food & agriculture – July 10
Michael Pollan on what’s wrong with environmentalism
Can bovine burp research slow global warming?
Global fertilizer demand may rise 14% on higher food demand
Africa – July 9
Gambia: Biofuel – A ploy, says President Jammeh
Nigeria: Yar’Adua seeks concerted efforts against trade in stolen oil
Nigeria: Nationwide blackout: PHCN begins power rationing today
Biofuels – July 9
Bad juice: World Bank blames biofuels for high food prices
Bad juice II: biofuels maybe not quite so bad, World Bank says
Rising food prices: policy options and World Bank response
Food & agriculture – July 9
The toxic consequences of the green revolution
High Food prices may cut opposition to genetically modified food
Corals, already in danger, are facing new threat from farmed algae
A new approach to dairy farming – (audio, slideshow)
