Food and Agriculture
by Anonymous on October 20, 2008 Even small increases in what China eats, and how it produces its food, will have broad environmental, climate, health, and food security impacts for not just the country, but the world.
by Ben Block on October 6, 2008 Grassroots campaigns to allow backyard chickens are spreading across U.S. cities, often inspired by the buy-local movement.
by Ben Block on September 24, 2008 The European Commission authorized an immediate review of its Common Fisheries Policy. About two-thirds of European fisheries are overexploited.
by Ben Block on September 16, 2008
Abandoned coal mines are providing water for aquaculture operations throughout West Virginia as the state's coal-based economy looks for new opportunities.
by Ben Block on August 4, 2008 In Great Britain, nearly all 54 pesticide-resistant crop trials attempted in the past eight years have been attacked. Elsewhere, transgenic crops are becoming more widespread, partially due to rising food prices.
by Ben Block on July 9, 2008 More land is suffering from long-term declines in ecosystem function and productivity, a new FAO report says.
by Ben Block on May 28, 2008 While the U.S. Department of Agriculture debates organic standards for aquacultures, or fish farms, environmentalists are split about whether aquaculture and organic should ever go hand-in-hand.
by Ben Block on May 23, 2008 Half of the world's food is wasted due to inefficient harvesting, transportation, storage, and packaging.
by Ben Block on April 30, 2008 Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production says uncontrolled animal waste is creating significant environmental and public health concerns.
by Ben Block on April 25, 2008 At the University of Maryland's Center for Marine Biotechnology, researchers are not only altering nature, they are creating what may be the next generation of seafood.
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