Tag: food
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Does a child die of hunger every 10 seconds?
BBC: Does a child die of hunger every 10 seconds? But another major group that tackles food problems around the world, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), now disapproves of this tactic [a child dies every X seconds]. "There's a real temptation to use those kinds of statistics because they really do grab the…
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Africa: Continent of Plenty
IEEE Spectrum: Africa: Continent of Plenty Ten reasons why Africa can feed itself—and help feed the rest of the world too. … 1. More Africans now live in cities Africa is the most rapidly urbanizing region on the planet. And while it may seem counterintuitive, that’s great news for farmers. “The single biggest stimulus to…
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Saturday Links
Here are this week's odds and ends that didn't make it to the blog. Enjoy the leftovers! 1. MIT Technology Review says Geoengineering Could Be Essential to Reducing the Risk of Climate Change. "Using technology to cool the planet may be the only way to deal with the greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere, argues…
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Interactive: How far will $35 go at the grocery store through the decades?
Marketplace: Interactive: How far will $35 go at the grocery store through the decades? Ever wonder how far your money goes at the grocery store today compared to decades past? When you adjust food prices for inflation, you might be surprised to learn that your dollars go further today compared to 30 years ago —…
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Aeroponics is still a growing business. Look Ma, no soil!
Foododdity: Aeroponics is still a growing business. Look Ma, no soil! Look Ma, no soil! Aeroponics is a carefully cultivated system of growing plants in air, using only nutrient mist to farm crops horizontally or vertically. NASA has been working with plants in space since the 1960s, but they have really kicked it up a notch by…