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Feb 4, 2013

Networking Small Urban Farmers Markets

Overview
Jan 31, 2013

A year of squandered opportunities to resolve the food crisis

January 31, 2013 – A drought in the United States last year sparked the third price spike in international food commodity markets in the last five years, again pushing maize, wheat, and soybean prices to record highs. Why are we still seeing such volatility six years after prices shot up in 2007? Have global leaders taken action to address the causes of this new food crisis?
Jan 31, 2013

Dr. Paul Anastas: "We’re all in the same boat, and we only have one boat"

by
Andrew Ranallo
“Any defenders of the status quo are not on my team.”
Jan 29, 2013

Minnesota is one of 26 states taking the lead on toxic chemicals

People across the country are concerned about toxic chemicals like bisphenol A (BPA), flame retardants, phthalates and formaldehyde in products they use every day, including those designed for babies and children. Most people agree that hormone disrupters, carcinogens and developmental toxins don’t belong in our consumer products.
Jan 28, 2013

Deutsche Bank and the fine art of self-exoneration

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
On January 19, Deutsche Bank (DB) issued “Questions and Answers on investments in agricultural commodities”.  The DB stated that after an internal examination, it was resuming investments in agricultural derivatives contracts that it had suspended since March 2011.
Jan 24, 2013

Corporate Land Grabs Reveal a Hidden Agenda: Controlling Water

by
Shiney Varghese
The food crisis and recent droughts have confirmed that controlling the source of food - the land and the water that flows under or by it - are equally or even more important.
Jan 19, 2013

Water Grabbing to Follow Food Speculation?

by
Shiney Varghese
Jan 18, 2013

The global water grab

by
Shiney Varghese
Writing in National Geographic in December 2012 about “small-scale irrigation techniques with simple buckets, affordable pumps, drip lines, and other equipment” that “are enabling farm families to weather dry seasons, raise yields, diversify their crops, and l