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The Cost of Food Waste

We, the consumers in the richest nations of the world have now become conditioned and accustomed to a nearly constant availability of fruits and vegetables from all corners of the globe. Yet, with this apparent abundance, in 2018, an estimated 1 in 9 Americans were food insecure, equating to over 37 million Americans, including more than 11 […]

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Agriculture All Together Now! Climate Emergency

Seaweed, CH4!

Methane emissions are individually the largest source of greenhouse gases in beef and dairy, also they are a major contributor to anthropogenic methane (CH4) emissions across the globe. In 2019, the Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy (ARPAE), the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR), and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) gathered numerous stakeholders advocating for […]

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Activist Archive Agriculture All Together Now! Climate Emergency Eco-Solutions

Local Food Movement

Eight Ways to Join the Local Food Movement By Sarah van Gelder, YES! MagazinePosted on April 1, 2009, Printed on April 4, 2009http://www.alternet.org/story/134329/ 1. From Lawn to Lunch To convert your sunny lawn to a lunch box, remove turf in long, 18-inch strips. Cut the edges of each strip with a sharp-bladed edging tool. While one partner rolls […]

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Renewable Energy

Military embraces green energy by Alexandra Zavis – Apr. 29, 2009 03:52 PM Los Angeles Times FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Inside a futuristic-looking dome that rises from the sandy wasteland of the high Mojave Desert, soldiers in plywood cubicles work at computers powered by solar panels and a towering wind turbine. Plug-in cars shuttle the […]