Rich see big $ in world’s farmlands

Is big-business investment in global farmlands the way to build a sustainable, food-secure future? Or is the fast-accelerating interest in agriculture, particularly in developing countries, evidence of a new speculative bubble that's destined to crash as badly as the dot-coms or sub-prime mortgages? Done right, "new investments in agriculture could help create the preconditions for sustained,…

ByThe Global ViewSeptember 27, 20100Comments

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Food recycling: It’s not what you might think

While the idea of dumping your dinner scraps and mouldy bread into a kerbside bin labeled "food recycling" might sound disgusting, food recycling isn't what you might think. No one will be forced to eat the edibles you've tossed. In launching its new food recycling programme this summer, the UK's Camden Council aims to use households'…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 10, 20100Comments

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Food prices nothing to do with biofuels, says Bush govt

Scientists do sometimes get it wrong, you know. If Greenbang has a pound for every time she'd found an error in Bunsen and Beaker's calculations, well, she'd have a few more pounds than she does now. Bunch of muppets. Anyway, the latest public body to take a pop at the conclusions of eminent scientists is the…

ByThe Global ViewMay 21, 20080Comments

Energy

Biofuels venture promises not to touch food

How many times does something need to be said before it sinks in? Let's try. Send Greenbang a bunch of flowers. Send Greenbang a bunch of flowers. Send Greenbang a bunch of flowers. No? Three times evidently won't cut it. But it seems the repeated suggestions that increased biofuels development will put pressure on food sources has had some…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 3, 20080Comments

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Rich see big $ in world’s farmlands

Food recycling: It’s not what you might think

Food prices nothing to do with biofuels, says Bush govt

Biofuels venture promises not to touch food

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