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The Progressive Increase of Food Waste in America and Its Environmental Impact

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:20:23 +0000

Food waste contributes to excess consumption of freshwater and fossil fuels which, along with methane and CO 2 emissions from decomposing food, impacts global climate change. Here, we calculate the energy content of nationwide food waste from the difference between the US food supply and the ...

Greenbang found this 12 hours ago on plosone.org

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The Copenhagen Conference on food security

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:45:00 +0000

by Lester Brown For the 193 national delegations gathering in Copenhagen for the U.N. Climate Change Conference in December, the reasons for concern about climate change vary widely. For delegations from low-lying island countries, the principal concern is rising sea level. For countries in ...

Conservation Value Notes found this 12 days ago on grist.org

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Global Food Crisis (washingtonpost.com)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:06:21 +0000

Today, about 90 percent of Nigeria's agricultural output comes from inefficient small farms, according to the World Bank, and most farmers have little or no access to fertilizers, irrigation or other modern inputs. Most do not even grow enough food to feed their own families. According to ...

Sustainablog found this 6 days ago on washingtonpost.com

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The one thing depleting faster than oil is the credibility of those measuring it | George Monbiot

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:52:00 +0000

The challenge of feeding billions of people as fuel supplies fall is staggering. And yet leaders' heads remain stuck in the sand I don't know when global oil supplies will start to decline. I do know that another resource has already peaked and gone into free fall: the credibility of the body ...

Peak Oil News found this 9 days ago on guardian.co.uk

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Climate change compounds Ethiopia's food crisis

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:55:33 +0000

Agence France-Presse: Standing amidst a group of scrawny fellow Ethiopian farmers, Tuke Shika points to the scorching sun when asked why his food reserves have dwindled this year. "The weather has changed, it's not as it used to be before," he laments. "The rains are increasingly ...

Peak Oil News found this 11 days ago on news.yahoo.com

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The new wave of urban farming (and fresh food from small spaces!)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:15:02 +0000

by Makenna Goodman It’s always sunny in this Philadelphia community garden.Photo courtesy Tony the Misfit via Flickr Do you dream of an organic garden, but don’t have a yard? A flock of chicks, perhaps, but don’t have a yard? Home-grown food, and lower grocery bills (but, ...

Chelsea Green found this 11 days ago on grist.org

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Is it possible to avoid unsustainable palm oil?

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:56:52 +0000

Palm oil is decimating the world's forests, yet producers are shirking their responsibility to move to sustainable sources A couple of years ago I met a nonplussed father whose eight-year-old daughter refused to allow him to eat mayonnaise because of the orangutans. As he was struggling to ...

Peak Oil News found this 10 days ago on guardian.co.uk

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World Summit on Food Security: World Summit

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:53:46 +0000

Why a World Food Summit in 2009? The global food insecurity situation has worsened and continues to represent a serious threat for humanity. With food prices remaining stubbornly high in developing countries, the number of people suffering from hunger has been growing relentlessly in recent ...

The Guardian | Environment found this 12 days ago on fao.org

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