Biofuels – Nov 26
Datagro: Ethanol drives up food commodity prices
Grain-derived ethanol: the Emperor’s new clothes
Cellulosic ethanol reality check
Food
Food & agriculture – Nov 22
Slow Food in Turin – the path toward ethical eating
Orchard thieves – thefts run into $millions
Up to 100 million acres needed for renewable energy in US
Environmental cost of Sweden’s imported food
One study concluded that local broccoli would cause 60% less greenhouse emissions. Another study calculated that 50 items from a supermarket travelled more in total than the distance from earth to moon.
Food & agriculture – Nov 20
Ethanol driving up meat prices
L.A. urban farmers plow new fields
A locally harvested menu takes some legwork
Grandma’s Veggies May Have Been More Nutritious
Biofuels – Nov 19
Ethanol production spikes corn prices
100 million acres needed for energy crops
Impact of corn ethanol on grain, oilseed, and livestock sectors (study)
Analysis of the link between ethanol, energy, and crop markets
Fifty Million Farmers
One way or another, re-ruralization will be the dominant social trend of the 21st century.
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
Drought in Australia – Nov 12
Snowy Hydro storages reach all-time November low
Drought to hit dinner table
PM quibbles as drought deepens
Grain Drain Down Under
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 11
Relocalize Network Newsletter for November /
One billion trees – their ecological services /
A trip to the Agroforestry Research Trust’s forest garden
Climate – Nov 10
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
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 8
Eating locally in Willits /
Learning how the desert bloomed /
Secret shame: I can’t ride a bike /
A growing trend: small, local and organic
Environment – Nov 7
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
