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Choosing the food less traveled.
The arguments for supporting locally grown and organically produced foods are plentiful, but chief among them is a fresher, more sustainable, healthier product that is good for you and the environment. Belonging to a community-supported agriculture achieves all of this. Rochester City Newspaper, New York. 9 September 2010.
More Canadians want to know where their food comes from.
During the summer, when community gardens abound, it’s easy for Canadians to follow the path of their food and to feel confident in its nutritional value — particularly if it was grown right outside the backdoor. But the reality of food consumption is that much of what Canadians eat is not grown, packaged or raised anywhere close to home. Postmedia News. 8 September 2010.
US mulls approval of GM salmon.
US authorities have begun to consider approval for the first time the sale of genetically engineered salmon, a move that some say could open the door to more transgenic animals on American dinner tables. Agence France-Presse. 7 September 2010.
Editorial: Wild boars must be contained or declared an invasive species.
By most accounts, free-ranging feral swine are as much of an ecological threat as Asian carp. Detroit News, Michigan. Editorial, 7 September 2010.
I was wrong about veganism. Let them eat meat (but farm it right).
By keeping out of the debate over how livestock should be kept, those of us who have advocated veganism have allowed the champions of cruel, destructive, famine-inducing meat farming to prevail. It's time we got stuck in. London Guardian, United Kingdom. Opinion, 7 September 2010.
Catfish rules set to curb eco impact.
Global standards intended to minimize the negative impact that pangasius (genus of catfish) farming can have on the environment, farm workers and surrounding communities have been finalised by the Pangasius Aquaculture Dialogue: a network of 600-plus farmers, scientists, conservationists and others. Vietnam News, Vietnam. 6 September 2010.
Let's be safe not sorry on factory fish farms.
We don’t need an ocean fish-farming permitting structure. We need our government to review and discuss consequences from factory farms before we allow them to develop in this country. The Research in Aquaculture Opportunity and Responsibility Act of 2010 would do just this. Ventura County Star, California. Opinion, 5 September 2010.
Is organically produced food more nutritious?
Do organic fruits and veggies have more vitamins and antioxidants and all that good stuff that we assume is healthier for us and makes us better? If you're like most folks, I think you think so, and then say that's one of the top reasons that you buy organic. But the scientific jury is out. Still out. National Public Radio. Opinion, 4 September 2010.
Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored.
U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions at one site. Associated Press. 3 September 2010.
Lake into algae farm.
The destruction of Grand Lake St. Marys should give Indiana farmers ample reason to increase their efforts to protect the environment. It should also give Indiana lawmakers the incentive necessary to take action to ensure Hoosiers can continue to swim in Indiana lakes. Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Indiana. Editorial, 3 September 2010.
Krill crisis feared in the Antarctic.
Ecologists are warning that the rapid growth in krill fishing is adding to the pressure of environmental changes threatening the creatures. Researchers suspect that Antarctic krill are also feeling the effect of climate change. Nature. 2 September 2010.
Food fights: Locavores, conventional food fans battle over benefits.
A growing chorus of writers, politicians and bloggers is challenging the locavore movement, painting it as naive and elitist at best and dangerous to the livelihood of conventional commodity farmers at worst. Chicago Tribune, Illinois. 2 September 2010.
Food fights: Locavores, conventional food fans battle over benefits.
While locavore efforts might seem innocuous, a growing chorus of writers, politicians and bloggers is challenging the locavore movement, painting it as naive and elitist at best and dangerous to the livelihood of conventional commodity farmers at worst. Chicago Tribune, Illinois. 2 September 2010.
Mo., Premium Standard reach deal on hog farm odor.
Premium Standard Farms has been given a two-year extension to install technology at its hog confinements to reduce odors after it failed to meet a July 31 deadline established by a Jackson County court six years ago. Associated Press. 2 September 2010.
The impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in China.
Future work on the effects of climate change in China must improve regional climate simulations- especially of precipitation - and develop a better understanding of the managed and unmanaged responses of crops to changes in climate, diseases, pests and atmospheric constituents. Nature. Opinion, 2 September 2010.
British Columbia’s fishy salmon science.
Like it or not, farmed fish will soon be vital to feed a hungry world. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario. Opinion, 2 September 2010.
Greens and rural independents could be new 'odd couple.'
Up until now, rural independents and urban Greens may have seen each other as adversaries, rather than allies. But the hopes of either group cannot be achieved without the support of the other. Sydney ABC News, Australia. Opinion, 2 September 2010.
Cow country: The rise of the CAFO in Idaho.
As mega-dairies and feedlots make up more of Idaho's dairy industry, the conflicts between people and cattle are increasing. Boise Weekly, Idaho. 1 September 2010.
Nepal's food supply at risk.
Nepal, already struggling with high levels of malnutrition and food insecurity, could see its harvests cut in half this year due to late monsoon rains, the World Food Program says. United Press International. 1 September 2010.
Protecting Lake Victoria's top predator.
Coordinated conservation measures to arrest the steep decline of stocks of Nile perch in Lake Victoria are showing encouraging results - for fish, if not for fishing communities around the lake. Inter Press Service. 1 September 2010.
Indoor plant industry going green.
Plants are being recognized for improving air quality and maybe even making us happier. Highlands Today, Florida. 1 September 2010.
Aquatic invaders endanger humans and native fish populations.
Andy Jansen dipped a net into the Kansas River and immediately came up with more than 100 reasons to be concerned. He scooped up a net full of young Asian carp, an invasive species in the midst of a population boom. McClatchy Newspapers. 1 September 2010.
Coral reef survival depends on the super small, an interview with Forest Rohwer.
The development of increasingly powerful microscopes have shown us a world long unknown, which has vital importance for the survival of one of the world's most threatened and most treasured ecosystems: coral reefs. Mongabay. Opinion, 1 September 2010.
Bold action is needed to protect the diversity of life on Earth.
Mankind has a problem. We're heating the Earth and destroying its ecosystems so fast that we're killing off life as we know it and putting ourselves in grave danger within our lifetimes. London Guardian, United Kingdom. Opinion, 1 September 2010.
Getting geothermal energy from the earth.
The heat in the upper six miles of the earth’s crust contains 50,000 times as much energy as found in all the world’s oil and gas reserves combined. Despite this abundance, only 10,700 megawatts of geothermal electricity generating capacity have been harnessed worldwide. Inter Press Service. Opinion, 1 September 2010.
How I learned to love farmed fish.
The new and controversial genetically modified chinook salmon is being considered by the FDA but there's nothing wrong with modifying food to make it easier for us to grow. Time Magazine. Opinion, 1 September 2010.
We don't need Ohio's environmental problems.
East Central Indiana is about to be the final destination of a nasty import from our friends in Ohio: hog manure. It's unacceptable to shift an environmental catastrophe from one state to another in some kind of perverse shell game. Ohio needs to solve its own problem and not export it to us. Muncie Star Press, Indiana. Editorial, 31 August 2010.
Pakistan town submerged amid fight to rebuild levees.
Floodwater has submerged a town in the southern province of Sindh, and threatens another being used as a key staging post for flood relief workers. BBC. 30 August 2010.
Agreement on bio-fuel production signed.
Are seaweed plantations in Bohol for bio-fuels production a real priority? The provincial government is facing a challenge whether to go ahead with the planned multi-million dollar seaweed aquaculture project aimed at replacing fossil fuel for transportation and for environmental purposes. Bohol Standard, Philippines. 29 August 2010.
Death of a lake.
The sandy beaches at Grand Lake St. Marys should be crowded with sunbathers and swimmers soaking in the last rays of summer. Instead, the shoreline on a perfect summer day last week was packed with dead fish, dead ducks and fat carrion birds feasting on the rotting corpses. Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Indiana. Opinion, 29 August 2010.
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