October 8, 2009 I am sending this information to you so you can understand one of the major causes of illness in North American cities and towns. In1938 we began to use compactor garbage trucks in North America. The problem is: * These compactor garbage trucks were not...
A new rice plant has been developed which grows "snorkels" when exposed to floods. A paper in the journal Nature, describes how the plant elongates rapidly in response to being submerged. One of the scientists, Motoyaki Ashikari from Nagoya University in Japan, said "the...
opinion by Sputnic | 3 years ago 142 views | 6 recommendations | 2 comments
This is really smart marketing. "Tesco, the world's third-largest retailer, is embracing the recession-inspired trend to "grow your own" produce by offering allotment spaces to rent in the U.K and selling live...
created by mtippett | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 171 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
It’s now official that the northern parts of India this year will witness a failed monsoon. The granary of India comprises of Punjab and its surrounding state of Harayana as well. The farmers are already in...
opinion by Kishor Jagirdar | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 309 views | 36 recommendations | 3 comments
What is being linked as the Silent Tsunami - the United Nations Environment Program states the current meat production is actually worsening the food crises and climate change effects. ""There are 900 million...
created by LilHoody | 3 years ago 3028 views | 57 recommendations | 12 comments
I received this email and wanted to pass along the information, as it will be voted on in 2 weeks time and is a very scary proposal. This is a dangerous - and stupid - proposal, so I hope people get it together to protest it or block it. Food should not be centralized and...
created by kate | 4 years ago 5580 views | 24 recommendations | 4 comments
Japan’s PM Taro Aso want to counter Climate change in spite of economic downturn. As the business daily Nikkei said citing unnamed government sources. Aso want to order a stimulus package that...
created by Uwe Paschen | 4 years ago | updated 3 years ago 597 views | 47 recommendations | 3 comments
By, Uwe Paschen. Better Milk production, It is all in a name. Dairy Sheep, Goats and Cows produce better if called by Name, at least according to yet another study on the subject by the Newcastle University...
created by Uwe Paschen | 4 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1857 views | 58 recommendations | 21 comments
If you're in the UK, don’t forget to watch Chickens, Hugh and Tesco Too in Channel 4 tonight at 9pm. This compelling programme will reveal what happened when Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall attempted to change...
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"Victorians do it. New Yorkers do it. Seattleites do it. Will Vancouver be the next city to allow chickens to roost in its backyards? Tomorrow (January 14), the Vancouver Food Policy Council will consider a motion...
created by mtippett | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 544 views | 8 recommendations | 8 comments
Hi, I don`t know about you? But as a child,I loved looking up at the night sky,And seeingall the stars,It just made me wonder,About how big the universe is,And as a child dreamingabout...
opinion by rickhansen007 | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 367 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Latest: The beauty of the flower is that it bloom fully spreading its petal only at midnight and that is the sight to watch.I f their are people who have seen the bloom can share their views here.Brahma Kamal...
The growth of participatory media has revealed the need for news consumers to participate in the news. Tomorrow's challenges will extend beyond media and back into the very traditional business of food...
opinion by mtippett | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 597 views | 22 recommendations | 13 comments
We will be seeing more of this in the future."For Brooklyn real-estate agent Maria Mackin, the obsession started five years ago, on a trip to Pennsylvania Amish country. She, her husband and three children—now...
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