June 17, 2011
When I posted that a focus on food miles alone risked oversimplifying the local food debate, I noted that there is a constant battle between those […]
May 11, 2011
Living green is fundamentally based on the idea that natural resources should be used as efficiently as possible and not be wasted. This conservationist philosophy applies […]
March 31, 2011
Spring has sprung—at least south of the northern tier of states where snow still has a ban on it—and the grass has ‘riz. And so has […]
March 28, 2011
University of Stellenbosch department of microbiology’s Professor Emile van Zyl says that the maize-for-biofuels debate has been checkmated. Grain South Africa market research senior economist Wessel […]
March 13, 2011
In February, world food prices reached the highest level on record. Soaring food prices are already a source of spreading hunger and political unrest, and it […]
February 28, 2011
While there has been extensive research on the effects of climate change on food security, less well-known is the effect of climate change on food safety. […]
January 8, 2011
The Group of 20 (G20) leading economies will discuss ways to tackle soaring food prices that are stoking fears of a repeat of the 2008 food […]
October 1, 2010
DUBAI — Osama bin Laden has expressed concern about global climate change and flooding in Pakistan, in an audiotape aired on the Internet, his first public […]