Tag: food
Biofuels from straw and agricultural waste, not food
Instead of creating fuel from corn or other food crops, one company is creating so-called "second-generation" biofuels from straw....
How to find whole grains
Whole grains can reduce the risk of diseases, but separating real from fake can be confusing. ...
Inside an illegal bushmeat bazaar
In Ecuador's Pompeya market, bushmeat hunters sell animals caught in the rainforest, and that has ecologists worried....
Population, food prices and global security
Food prices are rising, dictators are falling and it's all interconnected with global security, according to Lester Brown....
Food in times of war
In conflict areas, food can bring people together, create community, and it can also create battlegrounds for disagreements....
Clothing, energy food prices on the rise
Expect to start paying more for food, clothing and energy as the global economy picks up, and U.S. jobs lag behind....
Egyptian protests, climate change, and global food prices
Rising food prices may be making the world, including Egypt, much more unstable....
Helping immigrant food entrepreneurs
The San Francisco-based nonprofit, La Cocina, helps immigrant entrepreneurs launch food businesses....
The Senate's new, multi-billion dollar food bill
With big, bipartisan support, the Senate just passed a new food safety bill. The actual costs of the bill may be underestimated....
Are vertical farms the future of city food?
To preserve the earth from climate change, some think people should start growing food in vertical farms....
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