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Half of all food wasted By Mark Halper | January 10, 2013 The world throws away up to half of its food according to an alarming report that blames consumers’ fussy preference for cosmetically appealing produce, supermarket promotions that encourage overbuying, and deficient storage, transportation and agricultural practices. Between 1.2 billion and 2 billion metric …
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Genetic Engineering and the GMO Industry: Corporate Hijacking of Food and Agriculture “I recognized my two selves: a crusading idealist and a cold, granitic believer in the law of the jungle” – Edgar Monsanto Queeny, Monsanto chairman, 1943-63, “The Spirit of Enterprise”, 1934. When rich companies with politically-connected lobbyists and seats on government-appointed bodies bend …
BAD WASTE: $282 million of turkey trashed during U.S. Thanksgiving GOOD WASTE: Microsoft’s experimental waste-to-energy data center
A dirty mind – scientists discover how your brain deals with waste Rose Eveleth | August 15, 2012, Every day, as you move about in the world, your brain is chugging along with you. Just like any other engineer, or organ, as it works, millions of neurons firing and guiding you around, the brain builds …
In the Philippines, turning plastic waste into fuel Plastic waste is a problem all over the world. And it is especially troubling in the Philippines where plastic waste piles up in Manila’s Payal landfill, unable to decompose. But one inventor thinks he might have found the answer to this chronic problem. Jayme Navarro, founder of Poly-Green …
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Gineagrotis: innovative farm+food renting connects citydwellers and farmers in Greece ‘The idea behind www.gineagrotis.gr (the name means ‘Become a farmer’) is straightforward: citydwellers rent a patch of land from a farmer, tell him what they would like grown on it, and get their own fresh vegetables delivered to them weekly. And unlike some services elsewhere, …
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