Friday, January 27th, 2012

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Food/Financial Crisis of 2011

World food inflation is smashing down on the world’s populations as prices rise precipitously in the face of increasing shortages and absurd monetary policies. Prices are rising everywhere. It is not millions but billions... 

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It’s Hot & Dry in Russia

Russians have been sweltered in record-breaking temperatures as hundreds drowned in bathing accidents often influenced by alcohol. In Moscow, the temperature rose to 33 degrees Celsius (91 degrees Fahrenheit), breaking a record... 

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Climate & Agricultural News

“Perhaps now we can put the manufactured controversy known as Climategate behind us and turn to the task of actually doing something about global warming,” writes the New York Times on July 9, 2010. That’s the sound... 

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The World We Eat In is Changing

Associated Press writers from around the world recently reported in: In Mauritania in West Africa, rice prices doubled over the first three months of the year, according to the World Food Program. Over the same period,... 

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Oil Catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico

The oil disaster is no longer an abstraction floating out at sea. It’s coming ashore spreading terror and agony to angry and desperate local populations; smearing tourist beaches, washing onto the shorelines of sleepy... 

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China’s sandstorms blast Beijing with dust, sand

From Yahoo News By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press Writer – Mon Mar 22, 2:49 pm ET BEIJING – The dust works its way through keyholes and window frames, and smells like a filthy brew of dirt, smoke and metallic... 

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World wheat supply in decline

24 Feb 2010 Canadian farmers will produce 9 percent less wheat this year as big global supplies and lower prices cause the world’s top exporter of spring wheat and durum to look to other crops, the Canadian Wheat Board said.... 

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The Water Shortage Crisis in America & the World

More than 1 billion people are currently living without clean drinking water, and an estimated 3 billion people could be facing similar water shortages in less than 45 years. The water shortage has yet to significantly impact... 

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The lowdown on topsoil: It’s disappearing

Disappearing dirt rivals global warming as an environmental threat Andy Rogers / P-I The planet is getting skinned. While many worry about the potential consequences of atmospheric warming, a few experts are trying to call attention... 

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Mexico water shortage becomes crisis amid drought

Ken Ellingwood - September 07, 2009 Crops are wilting in the countryside, and the capital’s water shortage has turned dire as Mexico grapples with its worst drought in more than half a century. In the parched Mexican... 

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Land Degradation

Picture from the National Archives, taken during the “Dust Bowl” in the 1930′s The world’s croplands are in decline due to the pressure of human activities. The figure shows the regional and global trends... 

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Food Supply Worries of an Agricultural Scientist

Part 3: Climate Change by Steve Savage on September 27, 2009 Climate averages are not what matters for crop production – Variation is. A few days of intense rain or heat at the wrong time can devastate a crop. A few... 

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2010 Food Crisis for Dummies by Eric deCarbonnel

December 17, 2009 If you read any economic, financial, or political analysis for 2010 that doesn’t mention the food shortage looming next year, throw it in the trash, as it is worthless. There is overwhelming, undeniable evidence... 

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Bees – Biological Geiger Counters

The mysterious 4-year-old crisis of disappearing honeybees is deepening. A quick federal survey indicates a heavy bee die-off this winter of 2010, while a new study shows honeybees’ pollen and hives laden with pesticides.... 

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Agricultural Apocalypse: Eating Our Way to Oblivion

“The food business is far and away the most important business in the world. Everything else is a luxury. Food is what you need to sustain life every day. Food is fuel. You can’t run a tractor without fuel, and you can’t... 

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USDA estimates for 2009/10 make no sense

If you read any economic, financial, or political analysis for 2010 that doesn’t mention the food shortage looming next year, throw it in the trash, as it is worthless. There is overwhelming, undeniable evidence that the... 

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Southeast Asia Drought Triggers Debate Over Region’s Water Resources

A drought across southern China and Southeast Asia has brought the Mekong River to its lowest level in 50 years. The drought has led to debate over the vital resource and the effects that economic development, especially dam... 

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Agricultural Apocalypse 2010

The food business is far and away the most important business in the world. Everything else is a luxury. Food is what you need to sustain life every day. Dwayne Andreas When a large segment of the population is facing a drastic... 

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Drought Threatens Vietnam’s Rice Bowl

One of the worst dry periods in Vietnam’s recent history has dried up riverbeds and aggravated saline water intrusion into coastal areas, threatening Vietnam’s southern Mekong Delta, the country’s rice bowl,... 

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China sends emergency food to drought-stricken provinces

China has sent 1.4m tonnes of emergency grain supplies to drought-stricken southern provinces that are struggling to cope with the worst drought in decades, the local media reported today. Authorities say well digging and... 

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