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Floods in Sri Lanka Kill at least 18 people
image via lankapolitics.com Recent floods caused by heavy rains in Sri Lanka have claimed the lives of at least 18 people and forced tens of thousands of people out of their homes. Authorities have already been able to provide temporary shelter and food to victims, but they asking [...]
Continue reading...Truffle Crops Crashing Under Alien Threat
Monday, May 19, 2008
Image by Flickr user Ulterior Epicure European soils that have long been sniffed out by pigs in search of a fantastically expensive fungus are starting to lie still as an invasive breed takes over the continent. This dangerous threat? The Chinese black truffle, which is chasing the delicacy [...]
Continue reading...Huge Vegetables From Outer Space May End World Food Crisis
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Image from Ribbon Controller Now there’s a headline you don’t see every day and yet, while it’s probably calling back memories of “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” for an entire generation of corrupted American youth, it’s entirely true. The Chinese have begun growing their own version of genetically [...]
Continue reading...The Great Carrot Crunch of 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Image from John-Morgan Facebook is going to end the world: a group of more than a quarter of a million people in the UK are pledging to “panic buy” carrots on the 15th of this month through the social networking site, and it’s leaving grocers in a race [...]
Continue reading...Are Food Shortages Priming The Developing World For A Revolt?
Thursday, May 1, 2008
by Spencer Kimball Image by camera_rwanda Last month witnessed a rash of political turmoil provoked by the inflating price of food.
Continue reading...Salmon + Sea Lions > Feds
Monday, April 28, 2008
Image from remainingoceansart Salmon in the Columbia River near the Oregon-Washington border have been considered endangered for some time, and subject to federal protective orders; this manifested itself in an unexpected way…
Continue reading...One More Reason to Hate NAFTA: It’s Bad for The Environment
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
There’s been much discussion this election cycle over the North American Free Trade Agreement: Barack Obama’s against it, Hillary Clinton helped create the thing but thinks it’s the devil now, and John McCain thinks you’re a whippersnapper for questioning the viability of it. Image from Yuan2003
Continue reading...Are Genetically Engineered Crops Bad?
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
In light of the news splashed across this week’s papers that the rise in food prices worldwide is forcing genetically modified foods onto the marketplace to cope with demand, one wonders why, exactly, GM foods are perceived to be so bad. Image from gaymay Scientifically, they haven’t been proven [...]
Continue reading...Guilty In Three Jurisdictions: Arctic Overfishing
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Some 70 percent of the world’s whitefish comes from the Arctic Ocean, cod that is fished by the extensive fleets based in Russia and Alaska, and the Barents Sea alone accounts for nearly 25 percent of the world’s supply. It would make sense then, that fishermen pull [...]
Continue reading...Dubai Special Offer: Get 25 Percent Off for Bugs On Food
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Those of us dedicated to sustainable development and engaging new sources of food– especially those of us in America, where a Dollar won’t go as far as a Yen used to (yuk, yuk)– might want to get on the next plane to Dubai. Image by Yerffej9 on Flickr Yes, [...]
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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