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ZapRoot: Killing Bambi for Your Salad

October 17, 2008 – 1:06 am

On this week’s episode: Farmers take it to the extreme to protect their crops. The Auto Alliance has jump on the green bandwagon. These Guys are Full of **it returns.

By Francis Scudellari | Also posted in ZapRoot, video | Comments (0)

Low yields ‘due to wary farmers, not climate change’

October 29, 2007 – 7:29 am

Henry Neondo 26 October 2007 Source: SciDev.Net Low crop yields in Africa is not due to climate change but rather farmers failing to exploit opportunities in wetter years, says a Kenya-based scientist. Peter Cooper, principal scientist for Eastern and Southern Africa at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Nairobi, argues [...]

By Deborah | Also posted in climate change, yeilds | Comments (0)

In Greenland, Potatoes Thrive While Seal Hunting Wanes

October 2, 2007 – 10:20 am

Climate Crisis Coalition  In Greenland, Potatoes Thrive While Seal Hunting Wanes. By Colin Woodard. The Christian Science Monitor, October 1, 2007. “In Qassiarsuk, a village of 56 people in southern Greenland, history has come full circle. It was here, in about 985, that Erik the Red, leader of a medieval Norse colony, built his farm [...]

By Deborah | Also posted in broccoli, potatoes | Comments (0)

Cotton-Subsidy Reform Could Feed, Educate Millions

June 26, 2007 – 10:34 pm

TreeHugger Photo credit: Judy Baxter It’s time to write to Congress and ask: What’s the cotton-picking idea? A substantial overhaul of American cotton subsidies in the 2007 Farm Bill could result in additional funds that could feed one million children for a year or pay school fees for at least two million children living in [...]

By Deborah | Also posted in cotton, subsidies | Comments (0)