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Pete Smith @ September 19, 2008 # One Comment
Urban paradise: ‘A place for everything’ by Justin Coombes
All residents of proposed new eco-towns should have access to land where they can grow their own food, according to new guidance drawn up by the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA).
The guidance, just published in the TCPA’s latest worksheet ‘The essential role of green infrastructure’, makes [...]
Pete Smith @ April 24, 2008 # One Comment
An article in the New York Sun last Monday reported food rationing at “big box” warehouse stores like COSTCO and Sam’s Club (’Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World‘). A media frenzy has developed about spot shortages of staples such as rice, flour, and cooking oil. [...]
Pete Smith @ January 13, 2008 # 7 Comments
Channel 4’s food season ‘Big Food Fight’ is about to start its second week. I’ve deliberately avoided most of the programs so far, because I know a lot of this stuff already and frankly I just get upset by yet more gory details about factory farming. Great bloke though Hugh Fearlessly-Eatsitall seems to be, I [...]
Pete Smith @ December 6, 2007 # One Comment
The use of “bland and ineffectual promotional language” puts organic food at risk of becoming “just another commercial brand”, concludes a study by the Open University’s Centre for Research in Education and Educational technology (CREET). Their report ‘The Discourse of Organic Food Promotion: language, intentions and effects‘ says that retailers and campaigners are failing to [...]
Pete Smith @ November 22, 2007 # 5 Comments
I’d like to recommend an excellent CNN article about food and the environment. Here are some highlights:
According to the UK’s Soil Association, 50 percent of the increase in global CO2 emissions between 1850 and 1990 has been tied to changes in land use –mainly because of farming practices.
The Food Climate Research Network estimates that 31% [...]