Greece police boost patrols to protect vulnerable during crisis Originally posted by Felicity Capon 6/30/15 at 3:47 PM, Newsweek Giorgos, a 77-year-old pensioner from Athens, sits outside a branch of the National Bank of Greece as
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America’s Big Food Waste Problem Americans waste more food than they think, but some new thinking may make a social, economic, and environmental impact. (Photo: Pete Gallop/Shutterstock) Wasting food isn’t just an ethical matter. It’s
How Monsanto Gained Huge Control of the World’s Food Supply originally posted by Cole Mellino, Ecowatch The Undercurrent, an online news site that bills itself as the antidote to the mainstream media’s five-second soundbite, made
Hurricane Season runs June 1st, through November 30th, and we want to keep you up to date with whatever comes our way. Hurricanes can produce widespread torrential rains. Floods are the deadly and destructive result.
A farmer sprays a potato field in Park Corner, Prince Edward Island.Shaun Best/Files/REUTERS Originally written by: Luke Hurst, Newsweek An international cartel which controls the majority of the world’s supply of crucial fertiliser nutrients could
Originally posted by: Johnlee Varghese, International Business Times (El Nino effect: Farmers in Philippines have taken to eating rats due to acute food shortage brought on by crop loss.) Crippled by the long predicted El
World Food Supply Nearing Crisis Level UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: Researchers report that as the world population increases and food demand has grown, globalization of trade has made the food supply more sensitive to environmental and
Stephen Groves / Ghyangphedi April 30, 2015 Communities are battling cold, hunger and despair People are tenuously holding onto hope for food and shelter in Ghyangphedi, a remote village on the southern edge
We all like to know what we are buying. A can of tomato sauce should be made of nutrient-filled tomatoes and herbs, right? Well, sadly, shopping for healthy foods is not as simple as
The USDA has approved new GE corn and soy, which environmental and food safety advocates say will mean the release of millions of pounds of more pesticides into the environment. Center for Food