Monday, July 16, 2007

Organic farming can feed the world

good news

Organic farming can yield up to three times as much food on individual farms in developing countries, as low-intensive methods on the same land

http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=5936

Monday, July 2, 2007

A Primeval Tide of Toxins

Runoff from modern life is feeding an explosion of primitive organisms. This "rise of slime," as one scientist calls it, is killing larger species and sickening people.
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/62/21496

Two necessities, fuel and food, create spiral of rising prices

While we worry about gas prices, the costs of milk, meat and fresh produce silently soar. So like the end of cheap energy, is the era of cheap food also finally over?
http://origin.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_6248755?nclick_check=1