You begin to see that growing even a little of your own food is, as Wendell Berry pointed out thirty years ago, one of those solutions that, instead of begetting a new set of problems—the way “solutions” like ethanol or nuclear power inevitable do—actually beget other solutions, and not only of the kind that save... Continue Reading →
Borrowing a page from the fossil fuel industry’s playbook, meat’s “merchants of doubt” are funding questionable research and lobbying to keep meat reduction off the table. For years, meat producers have worked furiously behind the scenes to keep meat reduction out of discussions on climate policy. The first draft of the 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on... Continue Reading →
How the Meat Industry Undermines Effective Climate Policy
Climate change is one of the main drivers of species loss globally. We know more plants and animals will die as heatwaves, bushfires, droughts and other natural disasters worsen. But to date, science has vastly underestimated the true toll climate change and habitat destruction will have on biodiversity. That’s because it has largely neglected to... Continue Reading →
Children born today will see literally thousands of animals disappear in their lifetime, as global food webs collapse
A climate scorecard provides a picture of how marine life will fare as oceans become warmer, which is projected to continue over the 21st century For 20 years, captain Gail Atkinson fished out of Nova Scotia’s Cape Sable Island, just southwest of Canada’s lobster capital, Barrington Passage. Lobster Fishing Area 34, as it’s known, is... Continue Reading →
Laying the groundwork for climate-smart fisheries
Climate crisis report says ‘we are not winning in any sector’ as experts call for urgent action on fossil fuels . Meat consumption should be reduced to the equivalent of about two burgers a week in the developed world, and public transport expanded about six times faster than its current rate, if the world is... Continue Reading →
Cut meat consumption to two burgers a week to save planet, study suggests
Many countries, particularly in the West, have long taken reliable food supplies for granted. But climate change, conflict and population growth are challenging such certainties. How can we ensure food security for everyone in the future? The vertical farm run by Anders Riemann in Copenhagen aims to get the maximum yield from the smallest area... Continue Reading →
Food security – A growing dilemma | DW Documentary
Official Title: Why 2023 Will Be the Year for Growing Your Own Food and Medicine - Plants to Start Growing Now! Will global food shortages and political strife cause you to grow your own botanticals? Posted by: Reginald Reefer on Sunday Jul 24, 2022 While I generally tend to be a very optimistic person, the... Continue Reading →
(Repost) Why 2023 Will Be the Year for Growing Your Own Food and Medicine
The world's farms produce only a handful of varieties of bananas, avocados, coffee and other foods – leaving them more vulnerable to the climate breakdown The climate breakdown is already threatening many of our favorite foods. In Asia, rice fields are being flooded with saltwater; cyclones have wiped out vanilla crops in Madagascar; in Central... Continue Reading →
Our food system isn’t ready for the climate crisis
It's totally about what we eat as opposed to anything else as it is clearly outlined in this chart... Food: emissions from production and the supply chain Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in kilograms of carbon dioxide-equivalents (CO₂e) per kilogram of food. . Chart & Source...
EXCELLENT CHART | Food: Emissions from Production and the Supply Chain
In recent decades, worrisome rises in drought, heat waves, and air pollution have stressed agriculture. . Crops don’t like drought, extreme heat, extreme cold, flooding, and air pollution. While reducing the ill effects of extreme cold on agriculture in recent decades, the warming climate is increasing impacts of drought, extreme heat, and air pollution. These... Continue Reading →
Night temperatures are rising fast, and that’s a problem for rice and other critical crops, which have fewer defenses at night by Olivia Paschal in Jonesboro, Arkansas with photographs by Ariel Cobbert As the sun sets outside with temperatures in the high 80s, where they’ll stay most of the night, several varieties of potted rice... Continue Reading →
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