…used to produce food-based biofuels and their coproducts. Biofuel production from food crops is expected to increase 170% by 2020. Economic model estimates for land-use change (LUC) associated with food-based…
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…and other rapidly growing cities were reaching outward to divert massive quantities of water from far-off rivers, and the process has continued today. Urban sprawl, industrialized agriculture, biofuels, food waste,…
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…31% and 33% of spending on average. Food costs constituted 18% of spending for families in the lowest income group, the second largest part of their budget. Food was the…
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…agriculture in the United States — herbicides, pesticides and chemical treatments of all sorts. In the late 1990s “systemic” insecticides were developed, including neonicotinoids such as Imidacloprid and Clothianidin. While…
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…use, like butane, pesticides and food additives? What other regulatory loopholes could lead to dangerous effects on consumers? Without more rigorous study, these questions will remain unanswered and new ones…
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…more research on food and health equity, Journalist’s Resource has covered research on school meals, food stamps and health care expenses and the effects of food stamps on dietary quality….
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…trials and field experiments. Yields are subject to a number of variables, including weather, pest species and amounts, and the effects of crop rotation. Tags: agriculture, food, technology, organic, nutrition…
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…must fund by law. These include Social Security and Medicare (programs for the elderly), which are directed by eligibility laws that Congress reviews from time to time. Food stamps and…
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…African villages to address a range of challenges in agriculture, education, health, infrastructure, gender inequality and business development. Sachs’s latest research paper, “Development, Structure, and Transformation: Some Evidence on Comparative…
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…the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency to get restaurants, food manufacturers and others involved in helping cut food waste in half by 2030. Making less garbage would save money,…
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