10 reasons to mug America - seriously BYOM math + research

 I'm a potter and I mean it. I sincerely believe that BYOM ( bring your own mug ) could be the key to a major shift in ridding America of a lot of garbage, By doing this simple act of mugging America we would simultaneously be halting the weight of a few million barrels...

Petition 277: Release of compactor garbage truck leachate on city

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...

New Rice Will Increase Yields By Upto 40 Percent

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...

Tesco gets into DIY food

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...

India is going to face the biggest refugee crisis from farmers

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...

UN Links Livestock Raising to Global Food Shortage

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...

Senate to Vote on Outlawing Organic Farming

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...

Japan to make Climate Change the priority over the economy.

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...

Better Milk, It is all in a Name.

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...

Campaign for High Welfare Chicken - Channel 4 Tonight

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...

Will Vancouver allow residents to keep backyard chickens?

"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...

CONTRAIL MOON by RickHansen007

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...

“Brahkamal” will be extinct within 5 years due to climate change

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...

Participatory Landscaping: The future of food?

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...

Brooklyn Chicken Farmers

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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