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Category: Food
Nespresso Coffee Pods To Use Responsibly-Sourced Aluminum From Rio Tinto
Coffee-drinkers rejoice! Coffee giant Nespresso has this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Anglo-Australian metals and mining megalith Rio Tinto to use the world’s first responsibly-sourced aluminum for its coffee pods.
Death By Chocolate
Originally published by NexusMedia. by Marlene Cimons It was predictable that one day Adisa Azapagic, who studies the carbon footprint of various foods, would get around to chocolate. Little was known … [Read full article]
Silent Spring Was Published Back In 1962 — Flying-Insect & Bird Populations Have Still Fallen Precipitously Since Then
Rachel Carson’s influential book Silent Spring, which documented the effects of the indiscriminate widespread use of pesticides on the environment, was published back in 1962, nearly 60 years ago now. … [Read full article]
Topsoil Fertility Decline & Soil Erosion — A Few Musings
The processes by which fertile topsoil is created are slow ones, to put it in mild terms. Generally speaking, the timespans necessary to turn glacial rock dust into something that … [Read full article]
Ocean Dead Zones Multiplying Rapidly, Threatening Food Source For Hundreds Of Millions
An ocean dead zone is an area where there is not enough oxygen dissolved in the water to allow aquatic creatures to breath. To put it in perspective, imagine a … [Read full article]
What Do You Do If Your Country Is Facing Water Shortages Exacerbated By Climate Change? Pray, Apparently — Israel’s Agriculture Minister Leads Prayers For Water
Much of the Middle East is now slated to essentially turn to desert over the coming decades and centuries owing to climate change, and exacerbated by poor human judgment and … [Read full article]
Plant Based “Minced Meat” Being Introduced On A Large Scale in Denmark
Today the largest Danish supermarket retailer Dansk Supermarked Group announced that they are introducing a plant based “minced meat” early next year in 600 stores serving 1.5 million customers across the … [Read full article]
Amazon and the Future of Food
A few months ago, Amazon (AMZN) bought Whole Foods at a whopping $13.4 billion, with a promise to bring cheap, organic, nutritious, low carbon*, and pesticide-free food to the masses. … [Read full article]
Talk About Disruption — Lab-Grown Meat Has Arrived!
While everyone is talking about electric cars and autonomy as a huge disruptor to the global economy, there is another elephant in the room that not many people seem to … [Read full article]
US EPA Approves Monsanto’s “RNA Interference” Insecticide — GMO Maize/Corn Intended To Actively Interfere With The Healthy Functioning Of Pest Genomes
When you think of insecticides you probably think of dangerous chemical compounds that allow modern industrial agriculture (and its high yields) to occur, but that also have some negative effects … [Read full article]
Cats & Dogs Create Insane Amount Of Global Warming Emissions
While many people have pointed out the reality that cutting one’s consumption of meat is a notable means of reducing one’s carbon footprint, I haven’t heard many people bring up … [Read full article]
Beans For Beef: The Climate Change Initiative That Anyone Can Do
Our #FakePresident has removed the United States for the Paris climate accords, leading some Americans to experience ecoanxiety. That’s a relatively new term that American Psychological Association used to describe … [Read full article]
Massive Dead Zone In Gulf Of Mexico Blamed On Meat Industry
A dead zone larger than New Jersey is expected to appear in the Gulf of Mexico later this year. Similar dead zones are found in the Great Lakes and the … [Read full article]
Honeybees Exposed To Real-World Levels Of Neonicotinoids Die Early, Damaging Colony Health, Research Finds
Honeybees that are exposed to field-realistic (real-world, in other words) levels of neonicotinoid pesticides die earlier than those that are not — thereby reducing overall colony health — according to … [Read full article]
Study: Over 2.2 Billion People Overweight Or Obese Worldwide
There are now more than 2 billion people worldwide who are overweight or obese, according to a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. So, to put … [Read full article]
Study: Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Protects Memory & Capacity To Learn, Protects Against Alzheimer’s Disease
Extra-virgin olive oil consumption protects against the loss of memory and lean ring capacity, and also against the formation of amyloid-beta plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain (markers for … [Read full article]
Splitting The Solar Spectrum Could Produce Power, Food, & Water From The Same Land
Instead of producing solar power on one site, and purifying water on another, and growing food on yet another piece of land, it might be possible to do all three … [Read full article]
Many Insects Resistant To Genetic Manipulation Via CRISPR Editing Tool, Research Finds
Arguments for and against the use of genetic modification techniques in the agricultural and healthcare/disease-prevention sectors typically focus on potential impacts to human health, and/or to wider ecosystems and natural … [Read full article]
On The Wrong Side Of History …
What happened with people who sided with Hitler and the Nazis in their quest to murder countless humans? As their crowd rose to the heights of power and prestige, many people … [Read full article]
Ocean Acidification To Bring Collapsing Food Web
Ocean acidification created by continuing anthropogenic climate change will result in a collapsing food web, according to new research from the University of Adelaide. The new findings are the result … [Read full article]
Reforesting the Tropics, Providing Jobs, and Sequestering Carbon: A Trifecta of Sustainability
While there are a lot of moving parts to the global economy, I’d argue that there is one fundamental premise that will have, hand’s down, the greatest influence in determining … [Read full article]
‘Kombit’ Documents the Struggle to Reforest Haiti (Film Review)
We were recently treated to a preview screening of the film “Kombit” which unpacks the work being done by way of a partnership between the non-profit “Smallholder Farmers Alliance” and … [Read full article]
Compounds That Give Plants Their Vibrant Colors Improve Brain-Functioning In Older Adults, Research Finds
Many people find the bright, vibrant colors of various fruits and vegetables to be culinarily appealing, and an apparent appetite stimulant. Interestingly, new research has suggested that these same compounds, … [Read full article]
Purslane (Portulaca Oleracea) Nutritional Value Can Be Enhanced Through Nitrogen Fertility Management, Research Finds
Common purslane is, despite its public image as a weed in many regions, a very nutritious food item — with the plants being high in a number of different important … [Read full article]
Eating Bugs Helps Curb Both Hunger And Climate Change
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations recently suggested that eating bugs (yes, insects) could help feed the world’s fast-growing population. Along these lines, Anna Jansson, professor of animal science at … [Read full article]
Solar Farms Improve Local Biodiversity
The solar transition is well underway in the UK. Our sister site SolarLove has reported that solar energy generation surged by around 153% over the last year in the UK (2014–2015). So, without … [Read full article]
CU-Boulder & NREL Scientists Make Ammonia For Fertilizers From Sunlight
A group of scientists led by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the University of Colorado-Boulder has developed a new, eco-friendly method to produce ammonia, … [Read full article]
8 Million Lives And $1 Trillion Could Be Saved By Vegan Diet
A research study has found that 8 million human deaths and $1 trillion in healthcare costs each year could be saved if more people adopted a vegan diet. Oxford University researchers examined … [Read full article]
Cooking Data To Hate On Plants
Originally published on Chomping Climate Change. Walking by fruits, vegetables, or other plant material growing in sunshine, the fragrance is often exhilarating. That’s in part because plant material in sunshine creates oxygen, … [Read full article]
New Seaweed Tastes Like Bacon, Cleans The Oceans
Researchers at the University of Oregon Food Innovation Center have patented a new seaweed that tastes like bacon when fried and thrives in polluted water.
The Best Places To Buy Sustainable Seafood
The ninth annual Greenpeace report on sustainable seafood gives top marks to Whole Foods and three others. 8 others earned a failing sustainability grade.
3D Rhino Horns – Conservation or Exploitation?
If waves of cheap rhino horns 3D-printed with real rhino DNA are flooded onto the Asian markets, is this a form of rhino conservation or capitalistic exploitation? This critical question … [Read full article]
Effects of Global Warming on Humans – From 2015 IPCC SYR Data
Not only posing significant risks for Earth’s natural systems, the effects of global warming on humans and human systems have only recently begun receiving the expanded attention they critically require. … [Read full article]
Climate Change-Induced Collapse of Civilization by 2040 Reports UK Foreign Office
Releasing this exclusive freely in the public interest, best-selling author Dr. Nafeez Ahmed is offering a unique view of the critically significant impact that climate change is having on our … [Read full article]
Socially Responsible Chocolate Truffles?
Originally published on InspiredEconomist.com On a mission to transform the globe “through ethical relationships with small-scale farmers, and an integral sustainability orientation at every point on the supply chain,” Alter … [Read full article]
The Vegan Quiche Recipe That Will Probably Make You a Vegan Quiche Addict
Originally published on Eat Drink Better I’m pretty certain that I never once–not ever!–ate quiche. That is, until a few months ago. Eggs were never my thing and quiche sounded … [Read full article]
Combatting Climate Change With Small Scale Farms
Fair World Project (FWP) has released a new 17 minute documentary highlighting the role of industrial agriculture in climate change, as well as detailing how small scale farms are combating climate … [Read full article]
Zero Waste Grocery Stores Thrive In France
Zero waste grocery stores are thriving in France. Customers bring their own containers and buy in bulk with no packaging waste and get fresh food for less.
Packagers Certified for Forest Diligence, But How About Waste?
Some good news for the world’s forests: assurance that along the entire supply chain, products from Tetra Pak, the world’s leading food processing and packaging company, support forest management with … [Read full article]
Beyonce Launches Vegan Meal Program
Both Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z have garnered some press in the last year or so for trying a vegan diet. She has gone a stop farther by offering a … [Read full article]
GMO-Crops Don’t Live Up To The Hype With Regards To Pest Control, Research Shows
New research from the University of Arizona has shown us yet another example of the many ways in which GMO-crops (genetically modified organisms) fail to live up to the hype. … [Read full article]
Community Solar on a Food Coop
Originally published on CleanTechnica. In 1974, a group of San Francisco’s pragmatic idealists, the Food Conspiracy, a grass-roots organization of food-buying clubs committed to buying and distributing wholesale food among themselves, … [Read full article]
Guerrilla Gardener In South Central LA Doesn’t Get Government Love, Is Transforming What It Means To Be Gangster
Food is a problem. Food is the solution. Many urban areas suffering from depression of the economy suffer from the lack of whole food, good foods. A liquor store and … [Read full article]
EcoloBlue Atmospheric Water Generator — Emergency Water Generator
Those interested in purchasing an atmospheric water generator may want to check out this recent offering from Molecule New Water Technologies* — the EcoloBlue Atmospheric Water Generator. The generators offer … [Read full article]
The Film That Environmental Organizations Don’t Want You To See
According to the filmmakers behind this recent release, this is the film that environmental organizations don’t want you to see, in part because it reveals the truth behind the world’s … [Read full article]
Cut Food-Related Carbon Emissions In Half By Not Eating Meat
Our modern lifestyle is packed full of behaviors and habits and products that have high carbon emissions attached to them, so there are plenty of areas in our lives that … [Read full article]
Vegan Supermarket Comes To US
Originally published on Eat Drink Better. By Jill Ettinger Long-time vegans would say it’s about time. And the wait is almost over for a store that only sells vegan food. … [Read full article]
