Two short talks about Food Security
Here’s a couple of talks from a pair of heavyweights in their fields at the PopTech conference last year. Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, has become very famous in foodie circles in...
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If recent events in the Gulf of Mexico prove anything, it's that the price we pay for big toxic industries is often far higher than it appears. The potential for disasters like this is something we...
View ArticlePeak Food? Deja Vu….
Far too much about this year is reminding me of 2008. Rising oil prices aren't the only commodity which is climbing again, and certainly not the only frightening one. Food riots, once again, are...
View ArticleCracked Fields
Took a long drive south-east of the city today, and what I saw was shocking. At first, all I could think was “am I back in Arizona?”. Any farm field which wasn’t hadn’t obviously been irrigated or...
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