Food
Food rules, so eat food!
Many of the rules in food writer Michael Pollan's new book are so obvious, you almost wonder why he bothered to compile them for us.
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Land has breath: respecting nature in Altai
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My green team
New York City 9th grader Elizabeth Adesanya writes about her efforts to live sustainably.
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Debate 2.0: Too lazy to cook?
Despite all the facts and inspiration out there, far too many people are still mainly eating out or fueling themselves with pre-prepared things. Are you guilty?
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Food
Tasmania’s potato protectors
The Tasmanian Institute for Agricultural Research protects Tasmania's biodiversity by cultivating, certifying and sharing new and old potato varieties.
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Food
Sands shifting for Africa’s nomadic herders
Huge areas of land used by pastoralists in Africa have been lost to sedentary farming and conservation.
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Food
Links to local food
Growing crops on golf courses can become a valuable local solution to problems like food self-sufficiency and community health.
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Fashionista farm gals of Tokyo
Model, singer and marketing whiz Shiho Fujita is the face of a new trend in Japan where young people are increasingly attracted to farming.
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Water prospects in the 21st century
As global population grows and becomes wealthier, the world's water supplies will be under increasing stress.
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Farmers market comes to the UNU
The farmers market at United Nations University is part of a global movement towards more organic, seasonal and local food.
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Food for all people
Non-profit organisation Second Harvest is doing something about the heartbreaking levels of food waste that occur in affluent countries like Japan.
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How things work: Ecological food systems
The problem when it comes to food is that we don't think of farms an ecosystems, and we don’t design them as such.
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Food
2009 World Summit on Food Security
World leaders meet to try and address the world food security challenge and restore faith in market mediated food security.
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Food
Grow a green roof (and eat it too)
Cities are called concrete jungles because cluttered skyscrapers overlook congested streets and highways. Green roofs to the rescue!
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Food
Debate 2.0: Meat or the climate? Pick one!
We love our meat. So you can’t expect people to turn vegetarian, even one day a week, simply because it might help save the planet. Can you?
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Food
Apples have feelings too
Japanese organic farmer Akinori Kimura grows pesticide and fertilizer-free apples in a weedy ecosystem that relies on natural soil ecology.
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Food
Growing food movements
Growing awareness of climate change and peak oil are leading to growing food movements in the Global North.
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