Source: usatoday.com Published: August 16, 2017 Helena Bachmann When you think of Swiss food, chocolate and cheese quickly come to mind. But now a novel food is creating a buzz in this Alpine nation. Burgers and meatballs made from insects will hit grocery...
Source: pursuit.unimelb.edu.au Published: May 2, 2017 By Gary Tippet, University of Melbourne Water is life, the world’s most precious resource. Yet across rural Australia, irrigation systems covering an estimated 2.5 million hectares of land are in desperate need of...
Source: ecology.com Published: April 12, 2016 According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), just twelve crops provide 75 percent of the world’s food. Three of these crops, rice, maize, and wheat contribute to nearly 60 percent of the protein and...
Source: ecowatch.com Published: March 17, 2017 Food Tank From authors to chefs, business owners to activists, this list is a collection of change makers in every industry working to fix inequalities and problems in the food system all over the world. Their examples...
Source: theguardian.com Published: March 5, 2017 Apricot Lane Farms is a 213-acre biodynamic and organic farm in Moorpark, California. The farm nurtures 100 different types of vegetables, 75 varieties of stone fruit, Scottish highland cattle, pigs, chickens, sheep,...
Source: treehugger.com Published: February 22, 2017 CC BY 2.0 US Dept of Agriculture By Katherine Martinko The Oakland Unified School District has concluded a two-year experiment and discovered savings, both environmental and financial. The closest thing we’ve got to...
Source: matteroftrust.org Published: July 25, 2013 Summer 2013 LEAF Academy at Brower Center Kudos to the wonderful Drew and awesome Jessicaleading this LEAF! More beautiful photos and videos at: http://www.leafacademy.org/berkeley-blog/ Berkeley Reflections What...
Source: grist.org Published: February 15, 2013 By Tom Laskawy Shutterstock It’s been a good week if you enjoy a little GMO schadenfreude. The FDA has reportedly bowed to public pressure to extend the comment period on its approval of genetically engineered salmon, and...