The New York Times
Published: September 13, 2009
By JUSTIN GILLIS
Norman E. Borlaug, the plant scientist who did more than anyone else in the 20th century to teach the world to feed itself and whose work was credited with saving hundreds of millions of lives, died Saturday night. He was 95 and lived in Dallas.
The cause was [...]
Climate change, rising oil prices and the ecological and economic non-sustainability of chemical fertilizers
11 June 08
By Dr. Vandana Shiva
On June 10 Sidhalingappa Choori, a farmer was killed when police opened fire on hundreds of farmers waiting for fertilizers at the Agricultural Produce Marketing Cooperative Centre (APMC) in Haveri District in Karnataka.
This was an entirely [...]
2 July 2009
Unit: Wageningen UR
If the Netherlands aims to supply 10% of the total demand for fuel with biofuels by 2020, it will be unable to satisfy the criteria established by the commission for sustainable biomass production. This was the conclusion of the report for the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the [...]
Published: June 2009
By Joel K. Bourne Jr
Photograph by John Stanmeyer
It is the simplest, most natural of acts, akin to breathing and walking upright. We sit down at the dinner table, pick up a fork, and take a juicy bite, oblivious to the double helping of global ramifications on our plate. Our beef comes from Iowa, [...]
