Climate Food and Agriculture
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The bottom line is why Big Food should take a stand on climate
Oxfam names the 10 food companies that could make a difference in helping push governments to get serious about carbon emission regulations.
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This site will answer all your growing queries
PlantVillage crowdsources responses to all sorts of farming questions from around the globe, pooling scholarly info with hands-on experience.
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14 pointers toward a better food system: Connecting the (local, sustainable) dots
If we want to scale up the local food movement's ideas, here's a list of principles that could make all the difference.
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When climate change hurts crops, everyone suffers
Climate change stands to change agriculture, with increased droughts, decreased yields, and new challenges from pests -- which means disruption and hardship for humans.
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Does your supermarket flunk the green seafood test?
Greenpeace's useful annual report card tells you how each supermarket chain does, or doesn't, look out for the ocean and its wildlife.
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Our alarming food future, explained in 7 charts
The takeaway on food from the National Climate Assessment: As the temperature goes up, crop yields will go down.
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Now, some carbon research even climate deniers can get bummed over
New evidence suggests that increasing levels of carbon, by itself -- not via the hotter climate it yields -- could cause malnutrition.
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Factory farms get even grosser
As if CAFOs weren't disgusting enough already, now they're spraying manure out of sprinkler systems, and it's contaminating neighbors' homes.
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Urban farms won’t feed us, but they just might teach us
It's clear that the craze for the urban farm is no answer to feeding our teeming cities. Its value lies instead in how it can change us.
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Vermont will label genetically engineered food
The state's rule -- the first in the nation -- faces likely challenges in court, and could be overridden by a federal law.
