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Indigenous knowledge is key to sustainable food systems
Indigenous knowledge is key to sustainable food systems Agricultural sciences have for too long ignored traditional and local knowledge about crop plants and how best to grow them. That must change if the world is to ensure future food security. Farmer Angelina Monday works on her plot of land in Uganda, where she grows beans […]
Insects are vanishing worldwide – now it’s making it harder to grow food
Insects are vanishing worldwide – now it’s making it harder to grow food Over the past 20 years a steady trickle of scientific papers has reported that there are fewer insects than there used to be. Both the combined weight (what scientists call biomass) and diversity of insect species have declined. Some studies were based […]
Farm Convoy Of Tractors Hit Paris Streets To Protest Pesticide Ban
Farm Convoy Of Tractors Hit Paris Streets To Protest Pesticide Ban Adding to the days of strikes and mass street demonstrations about French President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular plan to raise the retirement age, farmers have flooded the streets of Paris for an entirely different reason. French farmers drove hundreds of tractors, if not more, into […]
After Civilization’s Collapse: Dr. Shane Simonsen, Zero Input Agriculture
After Civilization’s Collapse: Dr. Shane Simonsen, Zero Input Agriculture
The Mainstream Media Admits That We Are Facing “The Worst Food Crisis In Modern History”
The Mainstream Media Admits That We Are Facing “The Worst Food Crisis In Modern History” People on the other side of the planet are dropping dead from starvation right now, but most people don’t even realize that this is happening. Unfortunately, most people just assume that everything is fine and dandy. If you are one […]
Agriculture In A Post-Oil Economy
Agriculture In A Post-Oil Economy The decline in the world’s oil supply offers no sudden dramatic event that would appeal to the writer of “apocalyptic” science fiction: no mushroom clouds, no flying saucers, no giant meteorites. The future will be just like today, only tougher. Oil depletion is basically just a matter of overpopulation — […]
3 Ways to Grow Lettuce Even if You Don’t Have a Garden
3 Ways to Grow Lettuce Even if You Don’t Have a Garden Fresh salad is a recommended mainstay of healthy eating. But, salad can get expensive. Lettuce seeds, however, are cheap. You can grow lettuce, throughout the year, even if you don’t have a garden with one of these three indoor techniques. If you’re new […]
USDA Reveals US Corn-Harvested Acres At 2008 Levels Amid Megadrought
USDA Reveals US Corn-Harvested Acres At 2008 Levels Amid Megadrought Last year was a bad year for corn — the latest US Department of Agriculture (USDA) report shows drought conditions and extreme weather wreaked havoc on croplands. USDA unexpectedly slashed its outlook for domestic corn production amid a severe drought across the western farm belt. […]
The Lost Forest Gardens of Europe
The Lost Forest Gardens of Europe Contents People of the Hazel: Europe’s indigenous cultures return after the glaciers retreat, bringing their most cherished tree with them The Continent-Wide Orchard: Mesolithic people create Europe’s post-glacial ecosystems as vast forest gardens A Changing Climate: millennia of drastic fluctuations in the climate lead to the creation and spread […]
How agriculture hastens species extinction
How agriculture hastens species extinction This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Scott Pelley reports on something scientists are calling the sixth mass extinction. There have been five great die-offs in the history of our planet, when at least 75 percent of the known species disappear. The last mass extinction was 66 million years ago, when an asteroid […]
UK Warned by Farmers That It Is Facing a Food Supply Crisis
UK Warned by Farmers That It Is Facing a Food Supply Crisis Pigs are judged at the Dorset County Show, Dorchester, England, on Sept. 4, 2022. (Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images) In an emergency press conference, the National Farmers Union (NFU) said the government needed to step in to assist farmers who are under severe strain. The […]
Finite Feeding Frenzy
Finite Feeding Frenzy Image by ariesjay castillo from Pixabay You may be aware that our food industry is heavily dependent on fossil fuels, to the point that it takes about 10 kcal of energy input to deliver 1 kcal of consumed food. The enormous energy multiplier is due to extensively mechanized plowing, harvesting, processing, and delivery […]
Peak oil, food & the “King of Chemicals” sulfuric acid
Peak oil, food & the “King of Chemicals” sulfuric acid Preface. I first learned of sulfur’s existence when my grandmother told me how she loved going to tent revivals on the edge of town where it was common for preachers to get converts by burning sulfur to make the fire and brimstone damnation of Hell […]
Rising CO2 is reducing nutritional value of food, impacting ecosystems
Rising CO2 is reducing nutritional value of food, impacting ecosystems Heightened atmospheric CO2 levels are cutting the proportions of protein and other vital nutrients in plants, impacting crops, people, pollinators and ecosystems. As CO2 levels rise, so do carbohydrates in plants, increasing food’s sugar content. While carbon-enriched plants grow bigger, scientists are finding that they […]
How Europe’s Energy Crisis Could Turn Into A Food Crisis
How Europe’s Energy Crisis Could Turn Into A Food Crisis Runaway energy inflation has taken a toll on European industry, but another threat is looming. Europe’s two biggest fertilizer suppliers, Russia and Belarus have retaliated against European sanctions by cutting off fertilizer exports. The fact remains that the global food chain, especially its European links, […]
