Tag: food
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Peak Water: What Happens When the Wells Go Dry?
Peak oil has generated headlines in recent years, but the real threat to our future is peak water. There are substitutes for oil, but not for water. We can produce food without oil, but not without water …
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Peak Water: What Happens When the Wells Go Dry?
Peak oil has generated headlines in recent years, but the real threat to our future is peak water. There are substitutes for oil, but not for water. We can produce food without oil, but not without water …
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Organizations Urge U.S. Rejection of Smithfield Takeover
Today, a letter addressed to members of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. was delivered by a broad coalition of farm, community and consumer organizations, urging the members to recommend …
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The Friends and Foes of Organic Food
Organic agriculture protects the health of people and the planet by reducing the overall exposure to toxic chemicals from synthetic pesticides that can end up in the ground, air, water and food supply, and that are associated with health consequences, from asthma to cancer. Because organic agriculture doesn’t …