One quarter of US grain crops fed to cars – not people, new figures show; new analysis of 2009 US Department of Agriculture figures suggests biofuel revolution is impacting on world food supplies.
One-quarter of all the maize and other grain crops grown in the US now ends up as biofuel in cars rather than being [...]
Entries Tagged as 'food'
Cars That Eat The USA & World’s Poor
January 25th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: biofuel · ethanol · food · usa
GMO – Monsanto – Corn Linked To Organ Failure
January 15th, 2010 · No Comments
In a study released by the International Journal of Biological Sciences, analyzing the effects of genetically modified foods on mammalian health, researchers found that agricultural giant Monsanto’s GM corn is linked to organ damage in rats.
As you are probably aware, rats are used in trials of most foods. In this study, three varieties of Monsanto’s [...]
Tags: food · genetic modification
Britain Warms to Global Problem as Colder Weather Bites
January 5th, 2010 · No Comments
The British government warns the people they need to produce more food otherwise go hungry in the future but a warming planet translates into a colder climate and reduced food production while the population keeps growing.
Not only are the Poms running out of oil (they are a net importer now), but depleted fish stocks [...]
Neglect of food sources has the chooks coming home to roost
December 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Another great story in the Sydney Morning Herald (Dec 28, 2009)
We think the society around us is solid but there is an old political aphorism: the difference between social order and disorder is 36 hours without food.
Think about that for even a moment and you know it’s true. Food security is the basis of everything [...]