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telegraph.co.uk » Telegraph World News - 20 minutes ago
A modern Jean de Florette is the victim of a hate campaign in a case which is gripping France and raising a wider debate about farming.
Also tagged: france, french, gerard depardieu, goats, auvergne, hate campaign, abattoir, jean de florette
telegraph.co.uk » Telegraph World News - 12 hours ago
A change in diet could help combat the effects of global warming.
Also tagged: environment, save, greenhouse, eat, gas, emissions, meat, red, united, un, cut, nations, cattle, less, dr rajendra pachauri
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Our Oceans Are Dying and We're At Faulttreehugger.com » TreeHugger - Sep 5, 2008 Image source: Getty Images The Los Angeles Times report this morning on the state of the oceans sounds like something out of a horror movie - fishermen come in contact with a spongy weed, only to break out into a … Also tagged: pollution, water, australia, news, chemicals, science and technology, fish, oceans, turtles, fertilizer, biodiversity |
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Book Review: The No-Nonsense Guide to World Foodtreehugger.com » TreeHugger - Sep 5, 2008 The international food system is complex. Wayne Roberts' new book, The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food, is an accessible overview of how the system works - and how it can be fixed. The problems we experience can often … Also tagged: food, agriculture, food miles, food and health, local food, food security, food system, food sovereignty |
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Kibera's "Instant Farm" System Is the Future of Urban Agriculture [Urban Futurism]Kibera, a dense, 2.5 square km shantytown outside Nairobi, is the largest slum in Kenya. It's estimated that possibly a million people live its maze of houses and outdoor markets. Now a group there has figured out a … Also tagged: africa, agriculture, kibera, futurism, urban futurism |
mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Sep 3, 2008
In 2003 William Ruddiman put forth a controversial theory: 7,000 years ago the rise of agriculture spawned large-scale climatic changes. According to Ruddiman, the felling of forests for fields throughout Europe and …
Also tagged: climate change, environment, agriculture, greenhouse gases, methane, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide, jeremy hance
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Eat Non-US Grown Hemp for Better Healthtreehugger.com » TreeHugger - Sep 3, 2008 Image source: Manitoba Harvest While the US is still the only developed nation where growing hemp is illegal, you can buy products manufactured with hemp here and this week I tried out some products by Manitoba … Also tagged: food, canada, vegan, vegetarian, fertilizer |
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Soil Association Organic Winnerstreehugger.com » TreeHugger - Sep 3, 2008 It's the academy awards of the organic industry in the UK: the Soil Association Organic Food Awards and the winners are an impressive group of businesses which meet the highest ethical and environmental standards in … Also tagged: awards, cooking, food and health, fruits and vegetables |
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"Reduce Stress" By Helping Out On A Farmtreehugger.com » TreeHugger - Sep 3, 2008 Nora Shigoto is a new project to help volunteers who want to work on a farm and get out of Japan's busy cities for a day. The project has been sucessful so far with lots of people experiencing rice planting, vegetable … Also tagged: japan, food, agriculture |
treehugger.com » TreeHugger - Sep 2, 2008
Image source: Getty Images Reuters reported this morning that the worst drought in 117 years, which has been ongoing for the last ten years in the Murray-Darling river area, is not expected to let up anytime soon …
Also tagged: water, australia, news, agriculture, drinking water, bottled water, natural disasters, food and health, travel and nature