[vimeo 21485851 w=555&h=320] Piedmont Local Food (PLF). PLF is an on-line farmers market that targets restaurants and buying clubs, is headed up by Cooperative Extension … On-line farmers marketRead more
Agriculture
Posted inEconomics / Poverty
Growth without equality
So the economy doubled in five years, and two thirds of Egyptians thought the economy wasn’t good? How is that possible? Perhaps this is a … Growth without equalityRead more
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Reducing Food Waste
According to staggering new statistics from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), roughly one-third of the food produced worldwide for human consumption is … Reducing Food WasteRead more
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Indigenous Crops to Solve Africa’s Food Crises
In Kenya, a devastating cycle of drought and flood reflects the worst that climate change has to offer. These and other more insiduous impacts of … Indigenous Crops to Solve Africa’s Food CrisesRead more
Posted inMultimedia / Organic
Permaculture in UMass
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWHSzGDItBA] Our universities can also copy this.
Posted inMultimedia / Organic
Inner city permaculture
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Posted inExtreme weather / News / Social / Wind
News
China doubles wind power capacity every year China’s total installed wind power capacity has doubled every year since 2005. Last year, it added 18,928 MW … NewsRead more
Posted inMobile / Technology / ToMl
Mobile phones killing bees
Signals from mobile phones could be partly to blame for the mysterious deaths of honeybees, new research shows. In the first experiment of its kind, … Mobile phones killing beesRead more
Posted inEconomics / Globalization / India / ToMl
In every 30 minutes one Indian farmer commits suicide
A quarter of a million farmers have committed suicide in the last 16 years. On average, that figure suggests one farmer commits suicide every 30 … In every 30 minutes one Indian farmer commits suicideRead more