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Archive for May 5, 2014
Positive news There is NO limit to what can be done
May 5th
“Many tribe members believe the coal ash has caused asthma attacks, cancer, heart disease and even some premature deaths among the 200 residents living here. They’ve noticed these illnesses since the 1980s, and can’t point to an exact number of deaths linked to the plant. But Vicki Simmons, who sits on the tribe’s environmental committee, said it includes her brother.”
Small Farms
May 5th
The challenge is huge but the solution may be small very small
“Faced with global warming and a population that will swell to nine billion by 2050, a growing number of experts say that the way to feed the masses as climate change makes growing our food more difficult is to focus on family farmers, who often can barely feed themselves.
When policymakers in the developed world talk about feeding billions of extra mouths in the decades to come, it’s multinational agribusinesses—which operate industrial-size farms—that usually get most of the attention.
But in the long run, it’s small-scale farmers in the developing world, using low-tech but sustainable agricultural techniques, who may be best poised to lead the way in adapting to a warmer world and ensuring the security of the global food supply.”