Monday, August 23, 2010

A Great Way to Blow a Day

By: Laura Rance Wpg. Free Press - 21/08/2010

Folks eating it up at farmers' markets.
Farmers' market
photo by l.p.

High-Yield Agriculture Slows Pace of Global Warming, say FSE Researchers

Louis Bergeron - Stanford News Service - 2010

Advances in high-yield agriculture…..

EDITOR'S NOTE: I do not always agree with stories I post here. This is a case in point. But what I think is secondary. I would love to hear your comments on this study. Might there be something to it? Or is it just a piece of "agri-biz" propoganda? l.p.

Outrage at UN Decision to Exonerate Shell for Oil Pollution in Niger Delta

John Vidal, environment editor
guardian.co.uk, 22 August 2010
• Oil giant blamed for 10% of 9m barrels leaked in 40 years

Photo courtesy of
Crossed Crocodiles

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Gulf Oil Spill Spawns Biofuels Industry Opportunism

by Dave Levitan - May 6th, 2010 SolveClimate
Producers tout the ethanol alternative to oil, but similar problems abound.
Cornfield photo
by l.p.

Three Pillars of a Food Revolution

19 Au '10 by: Anna Lappé, YES Magazine

As marketers learn to fake...

Cattle feedlot
l.p. photo

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Canadian Food Inspection Agency Watching for British Cloned Cow Genetics

Manitoba Co-Operator - Staff - 8/19/2010

A claim that Canadian farms are importing...

(Conventional)
cow photo by l.p.

A Beloved Canadian Chocolate Bar Disappears From the Market. By Ian Austen

The New York Times The rush to buy Canadian products that was set off by President Trump’s  trade war  shows little sign of abating. But sho...