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Monthly Archives: June 2011
The role of minor millets in India and train track market
cool video. and a crazy ass video.
Posted in agriculture, asian food, biodiversity
Tagged india, markets, markets on train tracks, minor millets, train tracks
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Food Desert Locator smackdown
Food Desert Locator smackdown.
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Get your econutrition on
What the hell is “econutrition” one might ask? Well, it can be whatever you want it to be. In the Food and Nutrition Bulletin, a supplement was released on this very topic. Econutrition is defined as “Econutrition integrates environmental health … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, environment, nutrition
Tagged ecology, econutrition, FNB, Food and Nutrition Bulletin
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Oxfam digs deep into the global food system
Oxfam has just launched a new campaign called “GROW“. The report is quite good and calls for some major changes in how our ‘broken’ global food system could be repaired. They propose some solutions and criticisms about land grabbing, GMOs, … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, animals, biodiversity, diversity, environment, food systems
Tagged agriculture, beef, food security, global food system, GMOs, grow, nutrition, oxfam, smallholder
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Discussion on global food systems: tackling malnutrition in low-income settings
I recently participated in a discussion at Columbia University this past March of 2011 with some of my great friends and colleagues, Glenn Denning, CJ Jones and Roseline Remans. The discussion was about the global food price crisis, the nutrition … Continue reading
AIDS: 30 years later, some progress in treatment and prevention – latimes.com
AIDS: 30 years later, some progress in treatment and prevention – latimes.com.
The global food crisis: The right to decide what we eat | Ibrahim Coulibaly | guardian.co.uk
The global food crisis: The right to decide what we eat | Ibrahim Coulibaly | Global development | guardian.co.uk. Couldn’t have said it better than this…food sovereignty is a must.
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The challenge of the drylands in Africa
I just got a hold of a video about the northern Kenyan drylands and the Dertu Millennium Village. I used to work on this project and was fortunate enough to travel to this challenging area several times. I wrote about … Continue reading
Posted in african foods, agriculture, animals, biodiversity
Tagged africa, climate change, dertu, drylands, Millennium villages, sahel
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