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We, the consumers in the richest nations of the world have now become conditioned and accustomed to a nearly constant availability of fruits and vegetables from all corners of the globe. Yet, with this apparent abundance, in 2018, an estimated 1 in 9 Americans were food insecure, equating to over 37 million Americans, including more than 11 […]
It is as vital to the next breath we take as it is to the breath and health of all future generations and ecosystems to come. Protecting, planting & propagating, as well as nourishing and maintaining the health of our carbon sequestering comrades is just one of many initiatives that the Green Peace Corps. will […]
BIOMASS COOKSTOVES and OPEN FIRE COOKING According to the International Energy Agency, 2.7 billion people lack access to clean cooking facilities, of which 1.9 billion are based in Asia, 657 million in Africa, and 85 million in Latin America. These people still depend on biomass as their main source of energy and are forced to […]
Eight Ways to Join the Local Food Movement By Sarah van Gelder, YES! MagazinePosted on April 1, 2009, Printed on April 4, 2009http://www.alternet.org/story/134329/ 1. From Lawn to Lunch To convert your sunny lawn to a lunch box, remove turf in long, 18-inch strips. Cut the edges of each strip with a sharp-bladed edging tool. While one partner rolls […]
Honeybees Continue to Vanish: Don’t Blame Aliens — It’s Our Addiction to Pesticides That’s at Fault By Evaggelos Vallianatos, TruthOut.org Posted on April 16, 2009, Printed on April 21, 2009 When I was teaching at Humboldt State University in northern California 20 years ago, I invited a beekeeper to talk to my students. He said […]
Military embraces green energy by Alexandra Zavis – Apr. 29, 2009 03:52 PM Los Angeles Times FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Inside a futuristic-looking dome that rises from the sandy wasteland of the high Mojave Desert, soldiers in plywood cubicles work at computers powered by solar panels and a towering wind turbine. Plug-in cars shuttle the […]
Big Food Is Copying Big Tobacco’s Disinformation Tactics, How Many Will Die This Time? By Fen Montaigne, Yale Environment 360 Posted on April 11, 2009, Printed on April 12, 2009 Increasingly, the question of what we eat and how it affects our health is a subject that is important not just to those concerned about […]
Organic Kicks Monoculture Ass — By Julia Whitty | Mon April 6, 2009 4:54 PM PST Guess what? Those endless fields of corn, soybeans, or alfalfa are not the thriftiest way to farm. Not in dollar terms. Not in environmental terms. So why are continuous and no-till farming still such staples in American agriculture? Because you […]
The major findings of the study include:The 100-year trend of falling food prices may be at an end, and food prices may increase by 30-50 percent within decades, with critical impacts for those living in extreme poverty who spend up to 90 percent of their income on food. Up to 25 percent of the world’s […]
The researchers performed a life-cycle analysis of bioelectricity versus ethanol technologies, taking into account the energy produced and also the energy consumed in each. Bioelectricity was the clear winner in the transportation-miles-per-acre comparison, regardless of whether the energy was produced from corn or from switchgrass. A small SUV powered by bioelectricity could travel nearly 14,000 […]